Leather Armchairs: The Chivas Regal Book of London ClubsCassell, 1963 - 194 pages |
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... famous political club that will ever have existed in London ' , Brooks's is not nearly so Conservative nowadays . For example , Mr Edward Mallalieu , the Socialist M.P. , is a member . Newman , the club porter , an employee of forty ...
... famous political club that will ever have existed in London ' , Brooks's is not nearly so Conservative nowadays . For example , Mr Edward Mallalieu , the Socialist M.P. , is a member . Newman , the club porter , an employee of forty ...
Page 78
... famous war correspondent of all time . Later on came W. S. Gilbert , J. L. Toole , Tom Hood , Henry Irving and Artemus Ward . From the start the Savage , like the Eccentric later on , made a habit of raising money for charity . After a ...
... famous war correspondent of all time . Later on came W. S. Gilbert , J. L. Toole , Tom Hood , Henry Irving and Artemus Ward . From the start the Savage , like the Eccentric later on , made a habit of raising money for charity . After a ...
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... famous members of the club , including Fred Bishop , who retired as Managing Director of Ind Coope at the age of seventy , went to Solomon's , the famous florist in Piccadilly , and asked the proprietor ( a fellow member ) how much cash ...
... famous members of the club , including Fred Bishop , who retired as Managing Director of Ind Coope at the age of seventy , went to Solomon's , the famous florist in Piccadilly , and asked the proprietor ( a fellow member ) how much cash ...
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30 guineas affiliated annexe annual subscription associate members Athenæum backgammon Battle of Waterloo bedrooms billiards room Boodle's bottle bridge Brooks's candidate Captain card room Carlton House Terrace Cavalry Charles chef club house club in London club servants club's coffee room committee country members cricket Crockford's Devonshire Devonshire Club dining room dinner drawing room drink Duke of Edinburgh Earl elected famous Field-Marshal Garrick George golf ground floor guests guineas guineas entrance fee Hotel incidentally join Junior Carlton ladies later lease Lord luncheon match membership military morning room National Liberal Club naval night officers original Oxford and Cambridge Pall Mall parties played players Portland portrait premises present Prince real tennis resigned Royal Aero Club second floor secretary senior Seymour Hicks smoking room splendid Sports squash courts St James's Street staff staircase Today town members vintage port waiter White's wine women Yacht Club