by Pip Granger
Grosvenor family (i)
Grosvenor Square (i)
Groucho Club, Dean Street (i), (ii)
Guildford Street (i)
Guinness Book of Records (i)
Gunnell, Rick and Johnny (i)
Gwyn, Nell (i)
Gyre & Gimble, John Adam Street (i), (ii)
Habgood’s (i)
Hackney Marshes (i)
Hallam Street (i), (ii)
Hamburger, Gertie, Sid and Johnny (i)
Hamleys (i)
Hammet’s (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Hamnett, Nina (i)
Hampstead (i), (ii)
Hampstead Heath (i), (ii)
Hancock, Tony (i), (ii)
Handley, Tommy (i)
Hanover Square (i)
Hanway Street (i)
A Hard Day’s Night (i)
Hardy, Rick (i)
hare-coursing (i)
Harley Street (i)
Harriott, Joe (i)
Harris, Jet (i), (ii)
Harris, Roy (i)
Harris, Wee Willie (i)
Harrison, Roy, Blitz over Westminster (i)
Harrisons (printmakers) (i), (ii)
Harry the Glass (i)
Hartnell, Norman (i)
Hasler, Charles (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Hawksworth, Johnny (i)
Hayes, Tubby (i), (ii)
Haymarket (i), (ii), (iii)
health, public (i)
Heaven and Hell, Old Compton Street (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Helvetia, Old Compton Street (i)
Henrietta Street (i), (ii)
Henry (at La Isola Bella) (i)
Henry VIII, King (i), (ii), (iii)
Hepburn, Audrey (i)
Hewitt, Molly Balvaird (i), (ii)
Hill Street (i)
Hippodrome Theatre (i)
Hiroshima (i)
Holborn (i), (ii)
Holden, William (i)
Holiday, Billie (i)
holidays (i)
Holland Park (i)
Hollins, Father (i)
Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Square (i)
Home & Colonial (i)
homosexuality (i), (ii), (iii)
see also gay and lesbian scene
Hope, Bob (i)
Horse Guards Parade (i)
horse racing (i), (ii)
Hospital for Venereal Diseases (i)
hostesses, club (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
hotels (i), (ii), (iii)
Houlbrook, Matt, Queer London (i)
housing (i), (ii)
‘How Much Is That Doggy in the Window?’ (i)
Hoyles, Robert (i)
Hudson, Miss (i)
Huguenots (i), (ii), (iii)
Humphries, James (i)
Hungerford Bridge (i)
Hungerford Lane (i)
Hungerford market (i)
Hunt, Derek (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Hunter, Ray (i)
Hyams, ‘Hymie’ and Sophie (i)
Hyde, Pat (i)
Hyde Park (i), (ii), (iii)
Hyde Park Corner (i)
immigration (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
The Importance of Being Earnest (i)
Indian food (i)
Inns of Court (i)
internment (i), (ii)
Interval Club, Dean Street (i), (ii)
Irani brothers (i)
Ironfoot Jack (i), (ii), (iii)
Irving, Henry (i)
Irving Street (i)
Isle of Man (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Islington (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
La Isola Bella (i)
Italians (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
ITMA (i)
It’s Time to Dance (i)
Ivanhoe (i)
Jack the Ripper (i)
Jack’s (shop in Great Queen Street) (i)
Jackson, Arthur (i)
Jackson, Graham (i)
and British Museum (i)
as chorus boy (i)
on cinemas (i)
on Covent Garden market (i)
on crime (i)
on Denmark Street (i)
on Drury Lane (i)
and father (i)
on housing conditions (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
on jobs (i)
on police (i)
on prostitutes (i)
on street life (i)
on street sharks (i)
on swimming (i)
on thieving (i)
and youth clubs (i), (ii)
Jackson, Olga (i)
and British Museum (i)
on cinemas (i), (ii)
on Drury Lane (i)
on Fred Emney (i)
and father (i)
on housing conditions (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
at Medical Mission (i)
and nightlife (i)
schooldays (i)
on youth clubs (i)
Jackson, ‘Snakey’ (i), (ii), (iii)
Jaeggi, Leon, and Sons (i)
Jamboree club, Wardour Street (i)
James, Myra (i)
James Street (i)
jazz (i)
clubs (i), (ii), (iii)
traditional versus modern (i)
Jazz Couriers (i)
‘Jeanette’ (i)
Jenkins, Graham (i)
Jenkins, Peter (i)
on bombsites (i)
on Coronation (i)
on Covent Garden area (i)
and food shopping (i)
holidays (i)
on housing conditions (i), (ii), (iii)
on lamplighter (i)
on rationing (i)
on spivs (i)
street games (i), (ii), (iii)
and youth clubs (i)
Jewel, Jimmy (i)
Jews (i), (ii)
Jimmy’s (i)
John, Augustus (i)
John Adam Street (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
John Lewis, Oxford Street (i)
Johnson, Ken ‘Snakehips’ (i)
Jolson’s, Peter Street (i)
Jones, Barbara (i)
on Adelphi (i)
on cinema and theatre (i)
on Covent Garden market (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
encounters with famous (i)
on food shopping (i), (ii), (iii)
on health (i)
schooldays (i), (ii)
on wartime bombing (i), (ii)
Jones, Inigo (i), (ii)
Jones, Matt and Charlie (i)
Jones, Mr (father of Barbara and Pat) (i), (ii)
Jones, Mr (headmaster) (i)
Jones, Pat (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Jubilee Hall (i)
jump-up men (i)
Kavanaugh, John (i)
Keeler, Christine (i)
Keeley, Ellen (i)n
Keith, James (i), (ii)
Kemble Street (i)
Ken Colyer Club, Little Newport Street (i), (ii)
‘kept women’ (i)
Kerouac, Jack (i)
Kettner’s Book of the Table (i)
Kettner’s, Old Compton Street (i), (ii)
Key Club (i)
A Kid for Two Farthings (i)
Kidd, Johnny (i), (ii)
Kilburn High Street (i)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (i)
King, Curly (i)
‘King David’ (i)
King George IV public house (i)
King Street (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Kingly Street (i), (ii)
King’s Arms, Poland Street (i)
King’s Cross (i), (ii)
King’s Model Milliners, Sloane Square (i)
Kingsway (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Kitchen Supplies, Brewer Street (i)
Kitt, Eartha (i)
Klausner, Miss (i)
Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem (i)
Knightsbridge (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Koiza, John (i)
Korean war (i)
Koringa (i)
Korner, Alexis (i)
Kray brothers (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Krupa, Gene (i), (ii)
La Rue, Danny (Danny Carroll) (i), (ii)
Lambert & Butlers (i)
Lamb’s Conduit Street (i)
lamplighters (i)
Langley Street (i)
laundries, public (i), (ii)
Laurel and Hardy (i), (ii)
Lawrence, D. H., Lady Chatterley’s Lover (i), (ii)
Law’s, Drury Lane (i)
Le Sage, Bill (i)
Le Touquet (i), (ii)
Lee, Ann (i)
on (i)I’s (ii)
on Chapel market (i)
on Covent Garden market (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
family stories (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
on housing conditions (i)
on Lincoln’s Inn Fields (i)
and nightlife (i), (ii)
schooldays (i), (ii), (iii)
on Soho (i), (ii)
on wartime bombing (i), (ii)
on West End as special place (i)
and youth clubs (i), (ii)
Lee Ho Fook restaurant (i)
Leicester Square (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)n, (ix), (x)
Lena Stores (i), (ii), (iii)
Leoni, Peppino (i), (ii), (iii)
I Shall Die on the Carpet (i)
lepers (i), (ii)
lesbian and gay scene (i), (ii)
see also homosexuality
Lex Garage (i)
Lexington Street (i)
Lichfield Street (i)
Limehouse (i)
Lincoln, Paul (Dr Death) (i)
Lincoln’s Inn Fields (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Lingfield racecourse (i)
Lisson Grove (i), (ii)
Little Theatre (i)
Littlewood, Joan (i)
Littlewoods (ironmongers) (i)
Liverpool (i)
Lock’s (i)
Lollobrigida, Gina (i)
London County Council (LCC) (i), (ii), (iii)
London Courier (i)
London Palladium (i), (ii), (iii)
London Pavilion cinema (i)
London Skiffle Centre (i), (ii)
London Transport Museum (i)
London, University of (i)
London Zoo (i)
Long Acre (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Lower John Street (i)
Lower Regent Street (i), (ii)
Lower Wardour Street (i)
Lyceum dance hall (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Lyons Corner Houses (i), (ii), (iii)
Lyons, J. & Co. (i), (ii)
Le Macabre coffee bar, Meard Street (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
McDevitt, Chas (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)
McGill, Donald (i)
MacInnes, Colin (i)
Mackintosh, Spike (i)
Macklin Street (i), (ii), (iii)
Maclean, Donald (i)
McTell, Ralph (i)
magazines, porn (i)
Magic Circle (i)
Maiden Lane (i)
maids, prostitutes’ (i), (ii)
Maison Bertaux, Greek Street (i), (ii)
Maison Lyons (i)
The Mall (i), (ii), (iii)
Mall Gardens (i)
Malta (i)n
Maltese (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Mandrake club, Meard Street (i)
Mann, Eddie (i)
Mann, N., & Sons (i)
Mann, Noah (i)
Mann, Noah (Billy) (i)
Mann, Ronnie (i)
on Archer Street (i)
on bombsites (i)
on cinemas (i)
on Coronation (i)
on Covent Garden market (i), (ii), (iii)
on crime and police (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
on dancing (i)
encounters with famous (i)
family background (i), (ii), (iii)
on housing conditions (i), (ii), (iii)
jobs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
on prostitutes (i), (ii)
schooldays (i), (ii), (iii)
on Soho clubs (i)
street life (i), (ii), (iii)
on theatres (i)
on youth clubs (i)
Mann, Sandra (i)
Mann family (i)
Mapleton Restaurant/ Hotel (i)
Marble Arch (i), (ii), (iii)
Mare Street (i)
markets (i)
Markham, Mrs (i)
Marks, Harrison (i)
Marquee (i), (ii)
Marquis of Granby pub (i)
marriages of convenience (i)
Marsh, Bert (i)
Marshall Street (i), (ii)
public baths (i), (ii)
swimming pools (i)
Martin, Mary (i)
Marvin, Hank (i), (ii)
Marylebone (i), (ii), (iii)
Marylebone Central School (i)
Marylebone Lane police station (i)
Marylebone Park (i)
Mash & Marram (i)
Maurer, Hans Dieter (i)
Maurer’s Restaurant, Greek Street (i)
Maxim’s Chinese Restaurant, Gerrard Street (i), (ii)
Mayfair (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x)
Meard Street (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Mechele, Maria (i), (ii)
Medical Mission see Mildmay
Medical Mission
Meehan, Tony (i)
Meg and Jumping Jack (i), (ii)
Melly, George (i), (ii), (iii)
Melvin, Alf (i)
Men Only (i)
Mendez, Julia (i)
Mercer Street (i), (ii), (iii)
Mercer’s Arms, Mercer Street (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
Mercers’ Company (i)
Messina, Gino (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Messina brothers (i), (ii)
Methodists (i)
Metropolitan Board of Works (i)
Metropolitan Bopera House (i)
Metropolitan Police (i), (ii)
Midsummer Night’s Dream (i)
Mifsud, Frank (i), (ii), (iii)n
Mildmay Medical Mission (i), (ii), (iii)
milk bar culture (i)
Millbank (i), (ii), (iii)
Miller, Henry, Tropic of Cancer (i)
Milligan, Spike (i)
Mills, Freddie (i)
Mills, Susan and Amanda (i)
Moka Bar, Frith Street (i)
Monmouth, Duke of (i)
Monmouth Street (formerly Great St Andrew’s Street) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix)
Monolulu, Prince (i), (ii), (iii), (iv)
Monroe, George (i)
Monroe, Marilyn (i)
Monroe’s (i)
Montagu, Lord (i), (ii)
Montpelier Estate (i)
Montpelier Square (i), (ii), (iii)
Montpelier Street (i)
Moraes, Henrietta (i)
Moretti, Joe (i)
Morgan, Betty (i), (ii)
Morgan, Laurie (i), (ii)
Morley, Robert (i)
Morris, Harry (i)
Morrison shelters (i)
Mortimer Street (i)
Morton, Miss (i), (ii)
Moss Bros (i)
Moss, Mr (i)
Moss, Stirling (i)
Moulin Rouge, Hanway Street (i)
Mount Pleasant Post Office (i)
Moynihan, (i)rd Baron (ii)
Mulla, Tony (i)
Mulligan, Mick (i)
murders, of prostitutes (i)
Murphy, Mr (i)
Murray’s Cabaret Club (i)
Museum Street (i), (ii), (iii)
music scene (i)
Musicians’ Union (i)
Mussolini, Benito (i), (ii)
NAAFI (Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes) (i)
Nagasaki (i)
Napoleon III, Emperor (i)
Nash, John (i), (ii)
Nash, Raymond (i)
National Gallery (i), (ii), (iii)
National Health Service (NHS) (i), (ii)
Neal Street (i), (ii)n, (iii), (iv)
New Compton Street (i)
New Row (i), (ii), (iii)
Newport Court (i)
Newport Dwellings (Newport Buildings) (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Newport Place (i)
News of the World (i)
Newton, Robert (i)
Nichopopholous, Paddy (i)
Nick (at Pitta’s) (i)
‘Niffy Whiskers’ (i)
nightclubs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v)
nightlife (i)
Nijinsky, Vaclav (i)
Nippies (i)
Niven, David (i)
nobility (i)
‘Nooky’ (i)
Norfolk House (i)
Norman, author’s great-uncle (i)
Northington Street (i)
Notre Dame school, Leicester Square (i)
Nucleus coffee bar, Monmouth Street (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi)
Nuffield Centre (i)
Nureyev, Rudolph (i)
Oasis pool, Endell Street (i), (ii)
Obscene Publications Act (1857) (i), (ii)n, (iii)
occupations (i), (ii)
Odeon, Leicester Square (i)
Odeon, Marble Arch (i)
Odhams Press (i), (ii), (iii)
Offences against the Person Act (1861) (i)
Old Bond Street (i)
Old Compton Street
barrow boys (i)
and bombing (i)
buskers (i)
cafés, restaurants, coffee bars and clubs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi)
clubs (i), (ii), (iii)
cross-dressers (i)
gambling (i)
porn shops (i), (ii)
prostitutes (i)
residents (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv)
shops in (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii)
Old Curiosity Shop (i), (ii)
Old Gloucester Street (i)
Old Pye Street (i)
Olivier, Sir Laurence (i)
‘Omo’ (i)
‘One-eyed Danny’ (i)
one-man bands (i), (ii), Club, Oxford Street (iii), (iv)
Orlando’s Delicatessen, Old Compton Street (i)
O’Rouke, Mickey (i), (ii)
O’Rouke, Mike (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix), (xx), (xxi)
O’Rouke, Nanny (i), (ii)
Ortega, Old Compton Street (i)
Oxford, Earl of (i)
Oxford Circus (i)
Oxford Street (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii), (xix)
Paddick, Hugh (i)
Page, William & Co., Shaftesbury Avenue (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii)
Page’s (i), (ii)
Pall Mall (i), (ii), (iii)
Palmer, Mr (i)
Panayiotes, Andrew (i), (ii)