Pall Mall, London
Pall Mall is a street in the City of Westminster, London. The street runs from the bottom of Haymarket to St. James's Palace and St. James's Street.
History
Pall Mall is famous for its gentlemen's clubs (several of which today admit women as members in keeping with feminist demands and Political Correctness). These include the Athenaeum, the Travellers', the Reform, the Royal Automobile Club, and the United Oxford and Cambridge Club. Directly behind the Travellers' Club is the Turf Club. The former United Services Club (today the Directors' Institute) is also in Pall Mall.
The Guards Crimean War Memorial (1861) is located on Waterloo Place at the bottom of Lower Regent Street abuts Pall Mall.
Sources
- Lejune, Anthony, The Gentlemen's Clubs of London, Bracken Books London, 1979/1984 reprint.ISBN: 0946-495-149
