The former Shakespeare Hotel, Woolwich, London
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The former Shakespeare Hotel, Woolwich, London
Image: © Derek Voller Taken: 14 Mar 2013
This building at the end of Powis Street, used to be the venue for the famous "Hot Club of London". In the nineteen fifties and early sixties it was a jazz club run by the pioneer of the British traditional jazz scene George Webb. Many of the great bands of the period played there. To the great enjoyment of the contributor.
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