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The Apollo was situated at 61 St Aldates. It retains the Morlands plaque.

The Apollo was a very lively gay pub which closed in around 1993 I think. I remember it as full of characters such as the landlord, Derek who often put on drag shows, swinging from a trapeze from the ceiling or arriving in front of the pub bedecked in feather bowers on the bonnet of a customers Rolls Royce; all this right in front of the Police Station. Derek's mother also lived above the pub as I remember. The Apollo had a great community vibe and some weekends I remember motorcades of customers driving to The Greyhound club in Slough after closing, only if there was no lock in in a little room behind the bar called "Gloria's Hole' of course.

Simon McGurk (August 2017)

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