Picture No | 10977970 |
Date | c.1925 |
Description | Kate 'Ma' Meyrick, nightclub queen |
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Kate '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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Source | Unattributed photograph in the Illustrated London News archive |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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