From the discreet beginning of the SK group in 1968 in a Christian foundation, the reader is taken on a roller-coaster ride around the capital. Croydon, Harrow, Kingston and other towns reveal the secrets of their gay groups, as well as the special interest national groups holding regular meetings and other events in London such as the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association and the Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group.
 
As MEP and gay activist Michael Cashman says in his foreword: "...an eye-popping account of the explosion of activity in London which followed the change in the law in 1967. The years preceding this date were grim indeed for many gay people and this legislation was nothing short of life-transforming...There is much in this book which has not been previously put to paper and that is why it forms a valuable historical record."
 
Copies can be obtained from Gay's the Word bookshop, Marchmont Street, London, by going to www.slago.org.uk/oots.htm, emailing tsbbooksearch@hotmail.com, or by sending a cheque for £13 (which includes postage) made payable to Bona Street Press to: Bona Street Press, BM Box 7128, London, WC1N 3XX.

Published in July 2010