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COMPTONS 1ST ANNUAL BEACH BALL

18/06/11: Ever with our fingers on the pulse of London’s world-famous gay scene, QX popped out for mince along Old Compton Street last Saturday and took in the dazzling den of delights that is Comptons Soho. Not for nothing did this very magazine once refer to this landmark institution as ‘The Grand Dame of Queer Street’, and Comptons more than lives up to that moniker to this very day. Drawing in a crowd of charming chappies, blokeish geezers and West End regals, not to mention a few old-timers who can tell a tale or two, tonight was particularly scorching, as the Comptons crew turned up the heat with their 1st Annual Summer Beach Ball. Sponsored by Prowler, there were plenty of treats for the eyes, as the bar boys were rocking some barely-there swimming trunks, with punters having a chance to win a pair. There was also a treat for the throat too, as we scooped up the complimentary jelly shots like they were going out of fashion. Elsewhere and the rowdy repartee in the upstairs bar saw us making new acquaintances and getting the lowdown on the all the latest gossip.  And doesn’t time fly when you’re eyeing-up tasty bar boys over the top of your pint glass, whilst occasionally getting hit in the head with a wayward beach ball? Before we knew, it was closing time and we were heading back out into the night-time fray. Who needs to go on holiday?

Words by Chris John
Photos by Joel Ryder

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