Linford Film Studio
Originally built as part of Battersea’s industrial landscape in the early twentieth century, Linford Film Studios later became one of several sites repurposed for large-scale underground club events in the 1990s.
Among the most notable was The Love Ball II, held on 13 May 1995, an all-night, multi-room party that brought together leading house DJs, including Paul “Trouble” Anderson, Joe T. Vannelli, and Fat Tony. One of the rooms featured the trans and drag collective T.W.A. (Trannies With Attitude) — a name reflecting the language of the period and the emergence of unapologetically gender-nonconforming performance on London’s club scene.
Although not a permanent queer venue, Linford became a temporary gathering place where LGBTQ+ clubbers, dancers and performers from across London came together. Events like The Love Ball show how disused industrial buildings around Battersea and Nine Elms were transformed into vivid cultural spaces, linking queer nightlife, house music and the area’s shifting landscape during the 1990s.
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