Richmond Tea Rooms

The Richmond Tea Rooms is an “Alice in Wonderland” themed venue in the heart of Manchester’s Gay Village that serves afternoon tea, lunch and homemade cakes.

The Out In The City group visited last Wednesday … now you know that I’m not one to gossip, but … well, the photographs speak for themselves and can be seen here.

A Chilling New Drama

The Sixth Commandment is a new four-part drama on BBC 1. It’s a sinister real life story starring Timothy Spall and Anne Reid.

A meeting between an inspirational teacher and a charismatic student in Buckinghamshire ends up setting the stage for one of the most complex criminal cases in recent memory. 

This is a “must watch” drama and all episodes are available now on BBC iPlayer.

Pride Season continues

Happy Valley Pride celebrates LGBTQ+ life in Hebden Bridge and surrounding areas and features events from 24 July to 30 July.

Hebden Bridge is known as one of the most LGBTQ+ welcoming towns in the UK. However a piece of homophobic graffiti seen in the town was the catalyst for the first Pride in summer 2015.

Their mission is “To celebrate LGBTQ+ life in Hebden Bridge and surrounding areas. Promoting equality and diversity to eradicate discrimination, based on sexual orientation and gender identity, through arts, education and engagement.”

It’s not just for people from Todmorden, Heptonstall and Mytholmroyd.

Check out the huge number of events here and get involved.

Be Here, Be You, Be Proud.

Pride in Bolton is from 28 July to 30 July.

Also founded in 2015 under the slogan “Love Bolton, hate homophobia” the first Bolton pride welcomed Sir Ian McKellen as a proud guest of honour.

The creation of the event was partly a reaction to the release of statistics in early 2015 which showed that hate crime against LGBT people in Bolton had increased 135% in the previous year. Their aim was to encourage Bolton to become more LGBT friendly and promote overall acceptance of the LGBT+ community.

Full details can be seen here.

Stockport Pride on 30 July features a variety of performances from 11.00am to 6.00pm on the Martyn Hett Stage in Castle Yard within Stockport Market Place.

With drag queens, musicians, DJ and cabaret there’s a full day of entertainment. Word on the street is that you should not miss the Prairie Dogs at 1.10pm, Wolf at 2.15pm and the Gay Gordons at 2.55pm.

See more here.