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This month sees nominations for the 6th annual ” Miss Shoreditch “

This month sees nominations for the 6th annual " Miss Shoreditch " competition to find the most popular girl currently working on the East End strip pub circuit. Last year´s winner was well known model Katherine Shannon who has worked at Browns and ...

2nd December 2004

Another new Europe wide competition Miss Stripper based in Spain

Another new Europe wide competition " Miss Stripper” based in Spain where the winners can pocket cash prizes of up 27,000 Eu has been announced and people to run the franchise in the UK are being sought . The web site is www.miss-st...

2nd October 2004

report claiming that 66 legal lapdancing clubs in London were offering sex

Following on from last month´s Julie Bindel/Glasgow council nonsense a group called the Poppy Project has come up with a report claiming that 66 legal lapdancing clubs in London were offering sex for sale. In doing this column I try to be aware of ...

2nd September 2004

Why all the hostility there is between rival club owners in London

One of the comments John Gray of Spearmint made to me about the UK was that he could not understand the hostility there was between rival club owners when in the US they mainly all got on. It used to be that Browns/Griffin and the White Horse in ...

2nd August 2004

experienced girls seems to be getting too shallow to cope with the constant influx of new clubs opening

Judging by the comments of several club owners I know the latest trend seems to be that the pool of experienced girls seems to be getting too shallow to cope with the constant influx of new clubs opening. As yet the extension of the EU into Eastern ...

2nd August 2004

the former Trap nightclub in Wardour Street which will be re-opened as “Stringfellow’s Soho

Hot on the heels of the announcement of the opening of a Dublin club it emerged that Peter Stringfellow is set to buy the former Trap nightclub in Wardour Street which will be re-opened as Stringfellow’s Soho complete with Angel’s licences ...

2nd July 2004

Marked reduction in lunchtime trade since the early 1990s in Strip Pubs

During my 20 years of regular and satisfied custom at the Shoreditch strip pubs one of the biggest changes I have observed has been the marked reduction in lunchtime trade since the early 1990s mainly due to changes in work patterns. This is ...

2nd July 2004

Peter Stringfellow had a very busy April

Peter Stringfellow had a very busy April as reported in last month’s column and was just as busy again in May as it has emerged that the long standing rumours of his opening a new club { his 3rd} in Dublin are correct. The new club is to be ...

2nd June 2004

5th Secrets club near St Katherine´s Dock has succeeded in getting a full nude license

The very long awaited 5th Secrets club near St Katherine´s Dock has succeeded in getting a full nude license despite the opposition of Tower Hamlets council {seems rather odd given that there are already several full nude places in the borough}...

2nd June 2004

London’s best pure strip pub the White Horse

London’s best pure strip pub the White Horse, Shoreditch High Street now has a web site:thewhitehorsepubwhich has a schedule of dancers which include the likes of Miss Shoreditch 2005 Kat. The pub is now open 12am to 12pm 5 days a week ...

2nd May 2004