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| − | "The revelry at the St James's restaurant nightly spread on to the street, where gangs of drunk young men would attempt to barge their way past the bouncers. In 1893 [[Aubrey Beardsley]] told his publisher he was going out dressed as a tart and planning a spree, although the slang-usage of the time probably suggests generic debauchery rather than transvestism." <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/decadent-london-by-antony-clayton-522150.html</ref> | + | "The revelry at the St James's restaurant nightly spread on to the street, where gangs of drunk young men would attempt to barge their way past the bouncers. In 1893 [[Aubrey Beardsley]] told his publisher he was going out dressed as a tart and planning a spree, although the slang-usage of the time probably suggests generic debauchery rather than [[transvestism]]." <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/decadent-london-by-antony-clayton-522150.html</ref> |
See [[Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs]]. | See [[Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs]]. | ||
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St James's
"The revelry at the St James's restaurant nightly spread on to the street, where gangs of drunk young men would attempt to barge their way past the bouncers. In 1893 Aubrey Beardsley told his publisher he was going out dressed as a tart and planning a spree, although the slang-usage of the time probably suggests generic debauchery rather than transvestism." [1]
See Timeline of West End Bars and Clubs.
