Person    | Male  Born 19/5/1960  Died 11/2/1987

Mark Ashton

Irish political, community and gay rights activist. Born Oldham but grew up in Northern Ireland. With his friend Mike Jackson he formed and raised funds for the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners support group at the 1984 Lesbian and Gay Pride march. Died with HIV at Guy's Hospital.

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Mark Ashton

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Mark Ashton

The crowd funded plaque was unveiled on 19 May 2017, Ashton's 57th birthday. ...

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John Carswell

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The Westcombe Society

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Coal Hole Tavern

Coal Hole Tavern

The meeting place of the Wolf Club of which in about 1826 Edmund Kean was a leading member.  Lawrence Silverman tells us that, later, this was the tavern where Renton Nicholson staged his very rude...

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