The Silver Slipper Club, Regent St. London

Interior of The Silver Slipper Club in Regent Street, London, one of a number of clubs owned and run by famed nightclub owner, Kate Ma Meyrick. The Silver Slipper was renowned for its illuminated glass dancefloor, pictured here. Kate Evelyn Ma Meyrick (1875 -1933), an Irish business woman and Queen of the London nightclub scene. 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

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