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April 05, 2005
The Sohemian Society: 'Nobs, Snobs and Toms'
The Sohemians present
John Branston, SAJ2 contributor and friend of notorious postwar black-marketeer and Soho 'pay-to-see' strip-joint owner, the late Michael Nelson, relates the choicest escapades from Mickey's kiss-and-tell 'Captain Blossom' memoirs. Also recollections of Soho prostitution and drinking dens and scandalous first hand literary anecdotes recalling the 'Horizon' years and pre-war Soho haunts of the 1920s. (Map of interwar 'Black Mile' clubland distributed as a souvenir.)
Thursday 21 April, from 7pm
At: The Wheatsheaf Public House
25 Rathbone Place, North Soho
London W1
close to Charlotte Street and Oxford Street
nearest tube: Tottenham Court Road
Entrance: £5 (students:half price)
Posted by Mark at April 5, 2005 01:55 PM
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