Tammy Wynette and Johnny Cash cancelled gigs in Belfast during the violent 1970s, but Pride played on – and, with his song Crystal Chandeliers, became a sensation in the north and the Republic
Northland news in brief: Library closes for refurbishment; and fundraisers galore
4 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Dargaville Library will close for two weeks while it is refurbished.
Northern Advocate
Dargaville Library is encouraging customers to stock up with books and DVDs during May before the library is closed temporarily for a freshen-up. The library will close from 5pm on May 28 and reopen on June 15. Lisa Salter, Kaipara Libraries Manager, said they are rearranging some of the facilities to make better use of the space they have. We re moving large print and audiobooks to a quieter space so people will be able to browse better. The public computers will be relocated to be closer to the counter so the team can help customers if they need it. Shelving will be improved and we re installing more CCTV, Salter said. The library will also be recarpeted, and some fittings moved, which means books will have to be boxed and shelves taken down and re-assembled. The library
BBC News
By Thomas Magill
Drag bars have been an integral part of the London gay scene for decades.
They were where the careers began for household names including Lily Savage, who entertained crowds every Sunday at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern in south London.
Series like RuPaul s Drag Race UK have brought the art form to our screens recently too, but the origins of drag go back to the late 16th and early 17th Centuries.
Back then, only men were allowed to tread the boards, so if a play had a female character, it would have been up to the male actors to dress as members of the opposite sex.
Scotland s greatest showman: Remembering Sydney Devine s life in pictures HE WAS the greatest showman, and in the eyes of his many millions of fans, the closest thing Scotland had to Elvis. Sydney Devine, revered by audiences all over the country and especially here in Ayrshire and Glasgow, died on Saturday. SINGER SYDNEY DEVINE WITH HIS GOLD CASSETTE. 1975. Pic: Herald and Times Sydney Devine. 15th March 1990. Pic: Herald and Times Born in 1940 in Cleland in Lanarkshire, the young would-be star chose performing over following his father down the mines and at the age of 15, was talent-spotted by impresario Robert Wilson, who invited him on his White Heather Club tour as a “whistler, programme seller and curtain puller.”