West End of London [ Cities / Institutions ]
… aristocrats could regulate entry to high society. Places > Cities Places > Institutions Keywords Aristocracy Consumption Clubs Elite Gambling Gender Opera ‘The West End of the Town‘ (as it was usually known in the long eighteenth century) … 5 They showed up for the aristocratic season and were the people to be seen with. Gentlemen began to pursue life in the clubs of St. James's. The first of the West End clubs was White's, founded in a chocolate house on St James's Street in 1693. It became a centre for masculine company …
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