The Backstreet Collection
About this Archive
Administrative/Biographical History
The Backstreet was a London club run by John Edwards and Mark Allnutt from 1985 to 2022. A leather and fetish bar, it held regular themed nights with strict dress codes. Club nights included Mastery nights, BLUF [Breeches and leather uniform fanclub], ROL, Meatrack, Unzipped [naked night], Unzipped Light [naked, jock, underwear or fetish], Skin, Sports and Gentlemen.
Scope and Content
The collection includes flyers; posters; CDs; leaflets; t-shirts; badges; leather jackets, boots, gloves, gauntlets, belts, collars, cuffs, hoods, wrist bands, loincloths; fetish gear (cock rings, nipple clamps, dog collars and leads); items used to decorate the bar or used in the bar (U.S. license plates, flags from the U.S., Germany and elsewhere, beer steins), baseball glove, boxing glove, gas mask, waders, chains and handcuffs, suitcase, wooden stocks, wooden barrel, torture chamber, pin board, key board, camouflage, cycle helmet, a till, beer tap, [1985-2022]
Quantity
3 Oversize Boxes, 21 Boxes, 39 Posters.