This key enabled access to a nightclub called SIRS on St. Mary St.Lewis Robinson tells us “Sirs opened during the 1970s and closed sometime in the 1990s. I got a key to ‘Sirs’ in c. 1981 when I moved to Cardiff.‘Sirs’ was a member’s only club and you had to have a key so you could get into it.It was gay man only club and people were invited to become members.‘Sirs’ was a one off and a great place to go.I have lots of happy memories there.There was a great sense of freedom going there because everyone could be themselves, you didn’t have to hide who you were or pretend to be someone else.There was a single door to ‘Sirs’ via the street entrance, you needed the key to get into this door.There was no signage or anything to indicate it was ‘Sirs’ so a regular person had no idea there was a gay club there.”
Physical description
Ingersoll key with metal hooped keychain attached.
