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'''Ciro's''', often written '''Ciros''', was an exclusive [[nightclub]] in Orange Street, Leicester Square, London, "just behind the National Gallery".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130584859 |title=Champagne in Jugs |newspaper=[[The World's News (Sydney)]] |issue=787 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 January 1917 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was famously closed during WWI for serving alcohol illegally. A fashionable club of the same name later opened<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83824206 |title=W.A. Newspapers v. Railways |newspaper=[[The Daily News (Perth)]] |volume=XLIX |issue=17,332 |location=Western Australia |date=22 November 1930 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> at the same location.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183995608 |title=From London Town |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)]] |issue=16111 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=19 July 1924 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
'''Ciro's''', often written '''Ciros''', was an exclusive [[nightclub]] in Orange Street, Leicester Square, London, "just behind the National Gallery".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130584859 |title=Champagne in Jugs |newspaper=[[The World's News]] |issue=787 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 January 1917 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was famously closed during WWI for serving alcohol illegally. A fashionable club of the same name later opened<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83824206 |title=W.A. Newspapers v. Railways |newspaper=[[The Daily News (Perth)]] |volume=XLIX |issue=17,332 |location=Western Australia |date=22 November 1930 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> at the same location.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183995608 |title=From London Town |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)]] |issue=16111 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=19 July 1924 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Little has been found of the early days of the establishment. The producer [[Jack Haskell (producer)|Jack Haskell]] staged a cabaret there around 1912, when an evening's entertainment might cost £10/10/.{{efn|Many thousands of dollars in today's money.}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122792759 |title=The Bing Boys Are Here |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sydney)]] |issue=1663 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 December 1917 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The club came to public attention in 1916 when it lost its licence after a police raid at 11{{nbsp}}pm on Sunday 19 November 1916 proved they were serving jugs of champagne (sold as "special ginger beer") after hours, and to non-members.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176377693 |title=London Night Club |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)]] |issue=13,732 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 November 1916 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> This was in the depths of the War, when butter was rationed and petrol unobtainable. A workers' newspaper commented:<blockquote>. . . if that's the way to win the war, and denotes a burning enthusiasm, the [[Tory]] press is right; Australia hasn't been doing her best, for she has scarcely got past beer by the jugful.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145767713 |title=Topical Talk |newspaper=[[The Australian Worker]] |volume=25 |issue=50 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 December 1916 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref></blockquote>The two managers were each fined £125 and three directors were fined £25 each, with costs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155058782 |title=Night Club Struck Off Register |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=19,268 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=22 December 1916 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Little has been found of the early days of the establishment. The producer [[Jack Haskell (producer)|Jack Haskell]] staged a cabaret there around 1912, when an evening's entertainment might cost £10/10/.{{efn|Many thousands of dollars in today's money.}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122792759 |title=The Bing Boys Are Here |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times (Sydney)]] |issue=1663 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 December 1917 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The club came to public attention in 1916 when it lost its licence after a police raid at 11{{nbsp}}pm on Sunday 19 November 1916 proved they were serving jugs of champagne (sold as "special ginger beer") after hours, and to non-members.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176377693 |title=London Night Club |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Brisbane)]] |issue=13,732 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=25 November 1916 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> This was in the depths of the War, when butter was rationed and petrol unobtainable. A workers' newspaper commented:<blockquote>. . . if that's the way to win the war, and denotes a burning enthusiasm, the [[Tory]] press is right; Australia hasn't been doing her best, for she has scarcely got past beer by the jugful.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article145767713 |title=Topical Talk |newspaper=[[The Australian Worker]] |volume=25 |issue=50 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 December 1916 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref></blockquote>The two managers were each fined £125 and three directors were fined £25 each, with costs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155058782 |title=Night Club Struck Off Register |newspaper=[[The Age]] |issue=19,268 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=22 December 1916 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


By 1921 a club of that name had opened in London, and was frequented by the fashionable and well-to-do.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222579836 |title=Plays & Players |newspaper=[[The Weekly Times (Melbourne)]] |issue=2,684 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=15 January 1921 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
By 1921 a club of that name had opened in London, and was frequented by the fashionable and well-to-do.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222579836 |title=Plays & Players |newspaper=[[The Weekly Times]] |issue=2,684 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=15 January 1921 |access-date=8 June 2022 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


== Notes and references ==
== Notes and references ==

Revision as of 04:21, 8 June 2022


Ciro's, often written Ciros, was an exclusive nightclub in Orange Street, Leicester Square, London, "just behind the National Gallery".[1] It was famously closed during WWI for serving alcohol illegally. A fashionable club of the same name later opened[2] at the same location.[3]

History

Little has been found of the early days of the establishment. The producer Jack Haskell staged a cabaret there around 1912, when an evening's entertainment might cost £10/10/.[a][4] The club came to public attention in 1916 when it lost its licence after a police raid at 11 pm on Sunday 19 November 1916 proved they were serving jugs of champagne (sold as "special ginger beer") after hours, and to non-members.[5] This was in the depths of the War, when butter was rationed and petrol unobtainable. A workers' newspaper commented:

. . . if that's the way to win the war, and denotes a burning enthusiasm, the Tory press is right; Australia hasn't been doing her best, for she has scarcely got past beer by the jugful.[6]

The two managers were each fined £125 and three directors were fined £25 each, with costs.[7]

By 1921 a club of that name had opened in London, and was frequented by the fashionable and well-to-do.[8]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Many thousands of dollars in today's money.
  1. ^ "Champagne in Jugs". The World's News. No. 787. New South Wales, Australia. 13 January 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 8 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "W.A. Newspapers v. Railways". The Daily News (Perth). Vol. XLIX, no. 17, 332. Western Australia. 22 November 1930. p. 8. Retrieved 8 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "From London Town". The Telegraph (Brisbane). No. 16111. Queensland, Australia. 19 July 1924. p. 13. Retrieved 8 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "The Bing Boys Are Here". The Sunday Times (Sydney). No. 1663. New South Wales, Australia. 2 December 1917. p. 17. Retrieved 8 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "London Night Club". The Telegraph (Brisbane). No. 13, 732. Queensland, Australia. 25 November 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 8 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Topical Talk". The Australian Worker. Vol. 25, no. 50. New South Wales, Australia. 14 December 1916. p. 12. Retrieved 8 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Night Club Struck Off Register". The Age. No. 19, 268. Victoria, Australia. 22 December 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 8 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Plays & Players". The Weekly Times. No. 2, 684. Victoria, Australia. 15 January 1921. p. 35. Retrieved 8 June 2022 – via National Library of Australia.


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