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Soho Cinders is loosely based on the story of Cinderella.It is a modern musical fable that is set and celebrates the London district of Soho which mixes politics, sex scandals, and true love in a story about an impoverished student, Robbie, who is paying for his college bills in a somewhat unorthodox way, becoming romantically involved with the engaged prospective mayoral candidate, James Prince.
The members' bar at the Savile Club, London W1. This is an incomplete list of private members' clubs with physical premises in London, United Kingdom, including those that no longer exist or have merged, with an additional section on those that appear in fiction. Historically most of these clubs were gentlemen's clubs with membership restricted ...
Old Compton Street is a road that runs east–west through Soho in the West End of London, named after Henry Compton who raised funds for St Anne's Church in 1686. The area, particularly this street, became home to French Protestant refugees in 1681.
The W (Western and Paddington) postcode area, also known as the London W postcode area [2] is a group of postcode districts covering part of central and part of West London, England. The area originates from the Western (W1) and Paddington (W2-14) districts [3] of the London postal district. This area covers 35 postcode districts and around ...
The Bag O'Nails was a live music club and meeting place for musicians in the 1960s and situated at 9 Kingly Street, Soho, London, England. [1] Doorway plaque commemorating Jimi Hendrix's performance at the venue. Bands and other musicians who played and socialised there included Georgie Fame, Jimi Hendrix, Bobby Tench, The Gass [2] and Eric ...
Spread a Little Happiness" is a song by the musical comedy composer Vivian Ellis and writer Clifford Grey from their 1929 West End musical Mr. Cinders.In the original production it was sung by Binnie Hale as the character Jill Kemp; [1] [2] [3] a recording of her performance of the song was released by Columbia in 1929.
The vicinity of Walker's Court was built up in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Building leases were granted in the area to a number of tradesmen in 1719 and 1720, one of whom was John Walker of St. Martin's, a bricklayer, but it is uncertain if that is the source of the street name.
The Nosh Bar was a salt beef bar at 42 Great Windmill Street, London, for over forty years, opening in 1944 and finally closing in the late 1980s.It re-opened in 2008 at 39 Great Windmill Street after an absence of almost 20 years, and closed again in September 2012.