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Source Record

Old Compton Street, Soho, 1999

Why this source is used

Museum collection record documenting the aftermath of the 1999 Admiral Duncan nail bombing in Soho.

Start with the answer

Start with the answer How did anti-LGBTQ+ violence shape public memory? Major attacks and murders became remembered as community, legal and political turning points, not only as criminal cases. Read the topic guide Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence and Public Memory Murders and attacks including Matthew Shepard, the Admiral Duncan bombing, Jody Dobrowski and Pulse became public-memory milestones as well as criminal cases.

Source Status

Publisher
London Museum
Type
archive
Reliability
high
Cited by
3 pages

Source Links

Open original source https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/v/object-783383/old-compton-street-soho-1999/ Accessed 4 June 2026 Open archived copy https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/v/object-783383/old-compton-street-soho-1999/

Used by Topics

Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence and Public Memory

Used by Questions

How did anti-LGBTQ+ violence shape public memory?

Used by Timeline Events

30 April 1999 DiscriminationUK

David Copeland Nail Bombings Target London's Communities

Over three weekends in April 1999, neo-Nazi David Copeland detonated nail bombs targeting London's Black, Bangladeshi, and LGBTQ+ communities. The third and deadliest bomb exploded in the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho on 30 April, killing Andrea Dykes, Nik Moore, and John Light, and injuring 79 others. Copeland was convicted of murder in 2000 and sentenced to six life terms.