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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object number CARCM:2023.69 Mark Etheridge remembers partying at Club X: “I first went out on the gay scene in Cardiff in about 1988 when I went to the Red Dragon (where M&S is now at Cardiff Central Station). Then I started going regularly to places like the Kings Cross on the Hayes, and Exit and Club X on Charles Street, especially after coming back from University in 1991. Not being fully out in the early 1990s I would often go to straight venues with friends and then head down to Exit or Club X afterwards! I am not sure when this card dates from, but I first went to Club X in about 1991, so I would guess it’s mid 1990s as I don’t remember having to have a membership card much later than that. In August 2001 I met my partner at Club X (well actually in the bar above X that was named Edge at the time I think) and we got married in 2015; so Club X holds a very special personal memory to me.” Physical description Double sided, colour, laminated membership card for Cardiff LGBT+ night club Club X, with the Club X logo pictured on the front and back. Mark Etheridge's name and signature are visible one one side and his membership number. Club X closed in 2014, when the building was converted into flats. Object name Card

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CARCM:2023.69
Mark Etheridge remembers partying at Club X:

“I first went out on the gay scene in Cardiff in about 1988 when I went to the Red Dragon (where M&S is now at Cardiff Central Station). Then I started going regularly to places like the Kings Cross on the Hayes, and Exit and Club X on Charles Street, especially after coming back from University in 1991. Not being fully out in the early 1990s I would often go to straight venues with friends and then head down to Exit or Club X afterwards!

I am not sure when this card dates from, but I first went to Club X in about 1991, so I would guess it’s mid 1990s as I don’t remember having to have a membership card much later than that.

In August 2001 I met my partner at Club X (well actually in the bar above X that was named Edge at the time I think) and we got married in 2015; so Club X holds a very special personal memory to me.”
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Double sided, colour, laminated membership card for Cardiff LGBT+ night club Club X, with the Club X logo pictured on the front and back. Mark Etheridge's name and signature are visible one one side and his membership number. Club X closed in 2014, when the building was converted into flats.
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Card

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