All Things 'SLOANE SQUARE' and related..🤔
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2. Sloane Square (1896)
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4. Royal Court Theatre GV II Theatre.
1888, Walter Emden to Bertie Crewe. Interior reconstructed 1952, and altered again in 1956 & 1980. Red brick. Stone dressings. Ground floor painted. Four storeys. Three main bays. Central pediment. Applied Corinthian columns to upper floor.
6. 'Sloane Rangers'...
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8. Cadogan Mansions..
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10. Spring Gardens..Pleasure resort..
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17. Mohamed Fayed - the conversion into a Concert Hall.
18. Resident Music ensemble the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra...
Proms lunchtime concerts..
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27. Sir Hans Sloane - 'whose presence is felt in Chelsea to this day: Sloane Square, Sloane Street and Hans Town are all named after him. A renowned physician, serving three consecutive monarchs, he was also president of the Royal Society and inventor of drinking chocolate ..
28. '..(a recipe later sold to Cadbury’s). Sloane was the greatest antiquary of his age and on his death his great collections (of mineral, botanical, and zoological specimens, ethnographic objects, antiquities, prints, drawings, books and manuscripts) were offered to the nation'
29. '..forming the British Museum. They were later split into the British Library and Natural History Museums. The younger of Sloane’s two daughters, Elizabeth, married into the
Cadogan family.'
31. The Kensington and Chelsea Foundation.
thekandcfoundation.com
32. The Kensington and Chelsea Foundation - Trustees.
34. CVs interesting! 👀thekandcfoundation.com/improving-live…
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36. Access to vulnerable children and young people..
37. Also Deepstate slush funds 🤔
38. Corporate Patrons.
39. Corporate Donors.
40. K & C Foundation Supporters
42. The Sloane Club...
thesloaneclub.com
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'The refurbishment is being overseen by interior designers Russell Sage Studio, which have previously worked on Zetter Townhouse in Marylebone and Royal Exchange in the City...'
45. 'The club said the extensive changes will make the club appeal more “to a versatile and open minded audience serving the local Chelsea community as well a contingent of out of towners and an international audience.” '
46. 'The Sloane Club was founded in 1922 by Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Helena as the Service Women’s Club as an affordable place for women in the forces to stay in London. Membership was opened to men in 1976. '
47. 'It was bought by current owners, the family hospitality company Queensway from Caledonia Investment for £80.6 million in 2017.'
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48. The Venus Room - Venus Fountain..
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51. Victoria - man 🤔
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53. THE SLOANE CLUB MANAGEMENT LIMITED.
…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/026111…
54. The Sloane Club connects to SWIFT INCORPORATIONS ,INSTANT COMPANIES and Finchley Rd.
55. Money Laundering then....
56. THE SLOANE CLUB MANAGEMENT LIMITED charges
…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/026111…
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58.. Very tall Lady...
59. 'The atmosphere is relaxed at The Sloane Club but also stylish with 'high standards' expected throughout.'
thesloaney.com/dining/the-che…
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