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It wasn't just bars on Union Street, there was also a venue called Mambo Cafe, which Dr Butler says was owned by a gay man named Reggie. Fans can pop into Taylor Maxwell House all this week and find out more about Plymouth History Centre at the same time.

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Gus Honeybun attracted a cult following and it was not unknown for adults to write in requesting "bunny hops" etc. 12 was the official age limit for having a birthday read out on air, so people of 40 were presented as being 4 and so on. [3] The Hoe annually hosts the Plymouth Pride event - although due to Covid-19 and weather conditions, it hasn't taken place the past two years. They closed the studios, moved out to Langage Farm and they threw the rabbit out with the bath water. It was a very silly decision,” Judi said. Stirling, a stage actor originally from Fife, joined the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in 1974. He also appeared on television in many acting roles, including parts in A Family at War, Budgie, Pathfinders (TV series, one episode) and Crown Court. [1] Stirling freelanced at Westward before becoming a full-time staff announcer in 1975. Alongside announcing duties, he read regional news bulletins and presented the hugely popular children's birthdays spot alongside station mascot rabbit puppet Gus Honeybun.It also prohibited councils from funding educational materials and projects which were seen to 'promote homosexuality'. Dr Butler said the space was "very public, very big, very inclusive. It's an opportunity for us to grab the biggest space in Plymouth, and the most iconic, just for the day to make it really open for LGBT people and inclusive." was the official age limit for having your birthday read out on air, although adults would also send in cards for themselves with a false age on them, such was Gus’ cult following.

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The subsequent Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act 2013 then went further, allowing same-sex couples in England and Wales to marry.In 2004 the Civil Partnership Act 2004 allowed same-sex couples to legally enter into binding partnerships. Stirling died on 30 June 2005 in a hospice in Brittany after a short battle with cancer, at the age of 64. Shortly after his death, ITV Westcountry paid tribute to Stirling with a special half-hour programme entitled Stirling Salute. She added: “I used to say that rabbits are like men; you treat them rough and tell them nothing. One of the famous ones that we nearly got into trouble for was at Christmas when all the men used to dress up – and it was old fashioned to do that then. We liked the old fashioned thing where the men would dress up. Ian would wear a dinner suit, and he’d have his jeans on underneath, or sometimes he’d wear a kilt.”