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Old Compton Street is a road that runs east–west through Soho in the West End of London, named after Henry Compton who raised funds for St Anne's Church in 1686. The area, particularly this street, became home to French Protestant refugees in 1681.
The Admiral Duncan is a public house in Old Compton Street, Soho, in central London that is well known as one of Soho's oldest gay pubs. In 1999, the pub was bombed by neo-Nazi David Copeland, resulting in three people being killed and 83 being injured.
It was founded in 1887 by M. Siari, an Algerian, at number 52 Old Compton Street. It is still known as among the world's best leading suppliers of tea and coffee, and remains up to now one of the oldest shops in the street. It is situated next to the famous Admiral Duncan pub, which has been trading since at least 1832.
Decades after Eazy-E and N.W.A helped put Compton on the map, the city honors the late rapper by naming a street after him.
In November 2006, it celebrated its twentieth anniversary, at which time QX Magazine referred to it as "The Grand Dame of Queer Street". [5] Comptons is a large, Victorian-style pub with two bars. The ground floor bar is a horse-shoe bar and attracts a varied gay male crowd, including many tourists. Upstairs, there is a lounge area. [6]
The theatre was designed in 1930 by Edward A. Stone, [1] with an interior designed by Marc-Henri Levy and Gaston Laverdet. [2] It cost over £400,000 to be built. [3] Named after Prince Edward (at the time Prince of Wales, briefly Edward VIII and later Duke of Windsor), it opened on 3 April 1930 with a performance of the musical Rio Rita. [4]
A Compton street takeover turned violent earlier this week when a violent mob broke into Ruben's bakery and looted the small shop. Compton bakery reopens after street takeover destroys mom-and-pop ...
Albert Camarillo, right, a Chicano studies scholar and author of "Compton in My Soul," a memoir about growing up in Compton during the 1950s and 1960s, speaks at Color Compton on Aug. 24, 2024.