Category: 1920’s London
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Sunday Beretta: A Life Well-Travelled
Caught in a Raid On the 24th May 1928 at about 1.30am ‘Sunday Beretta’ was on the premises of the ‘43 Club’ in Gerrard Street when it was raided. The police took her details, recording that she was married and living in Newman Street, Fitzrovia. She was described as a ‘club member’ although it is…
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Madame Ahier: Nightclub Proprietress, Alien and Police Informant
At Scotland Yard On the 28th October 1928, Madame Ahier penned a handwritten statement for police at Scotland Yard. She was questioned regarding her relationship with Sergeant Goddard, a police officer with a long and fairly distinguished career in the vice district of Soho. Goddard, whose daily diet was brothels, cafes, clubs and betting dens,…
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Kate Meyrick and the Ladies’ Band of Brett’s Dancing Club
Please note that within this article there are quotes taken from original documents which today are considered offensive. They have been included for historical accuracy and to show the attitudes of the day. Their inclusion does not, in any way, reflect the author’s own views. It is a hundred years since Mrs. Kate Meyrick and…
The London Genie 