QX Magazine

Victoria

25/04/13: Last year The Victoria made their debut appearance in Drag Idol, and the friendly East End boozer made it all the way to the final with the deadpan hilarity of Nora Bone.

Victoria

13/04/13: Saturday proved an eventful night as Walthamstow homosexual hotspot, The Victoria, threw a gala cabaret and buffet charity bash in aid of local food bank, Eat or Heat, last weekend.

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24/11/12: Apart from being home to a world famous dog track and a mediocre 90s boy band, Walthamstow also plays host to one of the most friendliest and fun boozers on our radar. And we usually end up in a rotten, incoherent heap of drag mess come closing time each time we visit. 

Victoria 12/05/12: “Everybody in the house of love, everybody in the house of love”. OK, Maybe the fact I’m a child (well, teenager) of the 90s is the reason I instantly started singing East 17’s entire back catalogue the moment I stepped foot in Walthamstow.

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17/03/12: The wonders of Walthamstow were in full flow as local landmark The Victoria threw open the doors for a storming St Patrick’s Day bash.

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26/11/11: Well I have to admit, when the phone went last week and the husky tones of Leona Van Cartier rasped “Victoria in Walthamstow”, my first response was “Waltham-fuckin-where?”, but jumping on the tube at Oxford Circus I was barely two articles through The Lady and we arrived.