Daddy Ian Allan 2019 - The Fireside Chat Series
Channel: Fireside Chats with Douglas O'Keeffe
Date: 2019-04-02

Leather Daddy Ian Allan is Patron of the ECMC and was the first President of Manchester Leathermen.

Daddy Ian first became involved in the Leather & fetish world in the 1960s. Working in the United Kingdom, Belgium, and France for many years, Ian has a wide appreciation of the Leather, kink, SM, fetish, and LGBTQ+ community through helping and supporting local groups and clubs.

In this interview, Daddy Ian talks about growing up in England during World War 1, discovering his homosexuality, and how the leather scene in England has changed over the last 60 years.


Inside Leather History: A Fireside Chat is produced by Douglas O’Keeffe and Mistress Joanne C. Gaddy (the “Producers”).The Chats seek to capture the memories, reflections, and experiences of leaders in the leather and/or LGBTQ communities. With a deep and heartfelt regard for the importance of our history, it is the intent of the Producers to collect, preserve, and appropriately share the stories of our forebears and others who have made significant contributions to the leather and/or LGBTQ communities. This is done through a series of recorded interviews.