Kate Meyrick welcomed by staff after release from Holloway
Kate Evelyn Ma Meyrick (1875 -1933), an Irish business woman and Queen of the London nightclub scene welcomed home by staff and members of her family after being released from Holloway Prison in 1930. She ran "43", a late-night jazz club at 43 Gerrard Street in Soho, was prosecuted several times for breaching licensing laws and went to prison for bribing policemen to ignore these breaches. Her book Secrets of the 43 was banned on its publication in 1933. Three of her daughters married peers of the realm
Picture No
13689719
Media ID
47099926
Size
7812px x 4999px
(8.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph in Secrets of the 43' by Kate Meyrick
Date
1930
