| Title | Oral history interview with Les Mack, 2010. [Interim record] |
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| Date created | 28 October 2010 |
| Description Summary | Les Mack recounts his experiences of growing up in Auckland. He talks about gay personalities, popular meeting places, drag artists and drag as entertainment, blackmail, socialising, codes of dress, meeting potential partners, gay pubs in Auckland, his own youth and long term relationships. |
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| Keywords | The "Russian Embassy" at Bishops Court; sartorial codes; liquor licensing; clothing and fashion; drag shows; parties; Milne and Choice (Firm); theatre and musicals; travel to Sydney; dances and balls; Albert Park; meeting in toilets; breaking the law; Auckland Domain; danger in cruising; casual sex; rise of HIV; drugs; gay pubs; entertainers; Film Society; black mass; Pillion Pussies; Club 69. Carmen’s Balcony Restaurant, Carmen’s Coffee Bar; Cad’ora Coffee Bar; Ing's Coffee Bar; The Lilypond (The Great Northern Hotel); Alex (Alexandra) in Parnell; Queen’s Ferry in Vulcan Lane; The Shakespeare; Civic Theatre; the Wintergarden; Montmarte; MoJos; Les Girls; The Picasso; Casa Pepe on Fort St; Macambo, on Swanson St; Peter Pan, upper Queen St; The Orange Hall (Newton Rd); The Manhatten in Mt Roskill; The Mandalay (Newmarket); The Municipal Hall in Newmarket; Diamond Lil's; Curries Milkbar. |
| Time span | 1950? - 1989? |
| Language | English |
| Copyright Holder | Kelly, Emma and Kelly, John; Alexander Turnbull Library. |
| Access Rights | Contact the West Auckland Research Centre, Waitakere Central Library in Henderson, to listen to recording or view abstract. Not available for loan. |
| Original medium | Audio; |
| Duration | Total duration of recording 1 hour 15 minutes. |
| Supporting materials | Transcript. |
| Oral History ID | WOH-1091-001 |
