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The Colony Room Club
Private member's drinking club in Soho, London (1948–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the London gambling casino, see Colony Sports Club. For the women-only private social club in New York City, see Colony Club. For the Gentlemen's Club in Plymouth, Massachusetts, see Old Colony Club.
The Colony Room Club was a private members' drinking club at 41 Dean Street, Soho, London. It was founded and presided over by Muriel Belcher from its inception in 1948 until her death in 1979.
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The artist Francis Bacon was a founder and lifelong member, and the club attracted a mixture of Soho's low-lifes and its alcoholic, artistic elite, including George Melly, Jeffrey Bernard and Lucian Freud. Visiting non-members included many names from aristocratic, political and artistic circles, including Princess Margaret, William Burroughs, David Bowie and Henri Cartier-Bresson. The club attracted the Young British Artists in the 1990s.[1]