Guest Pete Wood Posted 15 December , 2003 Share Posted 15 December , 2003 In the wonderful aviation book, Sagitarius Rising (by Cecil Lewis), it says that officers in uniform were not allowed to dance. But, apprently, there was a Kensington studio club - guarded, on the door, by Chelsea Pensioners, where officers could dance with their lady friends. The club is described thus: The club "ought for ever to go down in grateful memory to a multitude of officers on leave..... The door was small and unimposing, almost at the bottom of a little cul-de-sac. It would be opened by a fine white-bearded Chelsea Pensioner in a long red coat. At the top of the narrow stairs was a big studio with anither little wooden staircase to a gallery above, where a tiny bedroom was curtained off. Down two steps from the studio, though an archway, was another small room for refreshments." On the wall above the drinks hung a framed notice: WORK LIKE HELEN B. MERRY (work like hell and be merry!!) Does anyone know the location....?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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