JH x 64 Happening 44 44 Gerrard Street W1D 5QD

In 1967, 44 Gerrard Street changed from strip club to hip joint Happening 44, reportedly patronised by Jimi. It was operated, albeit briefly, by Jack Braceland, one of the earliest light show artists in the UK, who'd worked on some of the early shows of Pink Floyd amongst others. Braceland was a middle-aged beatnik; his light shows featured hand-assembled wet slides and Aldis projectors. His company, Five Acre Lights, was named after a psychedelic nudist colony he ran with his wife at Five Acre Woods near Watford. Now the left half of the Loon Fung Chinese supermarket.


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