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met at the club in its early days, but they were greatly outnumbered by other left-wingers. In the afternoon, it was popular with artists and writers, and as the years went on, they came to dominate the club. Still later, it attracted many poorer members who used the club facilities while looking
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in London, or who did not wish to join them for political reasons. It became known for interesting speakers, particularly on political matters, but also for poor quality food.
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for work. A dispute between two groups of members and a disputed election led the club's committee to close it down in 1932.
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The club aimed to attract membership from left-wingers who were unable to afford the cost of the
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Club for socialists that met in 4 Gerrard Street, Soho
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Index

socialists
Gerrard Street
Soho
Leonard Woolf
Oliver Strachey
February Revolution
Bolshevik
Labour Party
Liberal Party
Union of Democratic Control
Bloomsbury Set
gentlemen's clubs
Alfred Bacharach
Miles Malleson
V. Gordon Childe
Ramsay MacDonald
Aldous Huxley
H. G. Wells
H. N. Brailsford
Elsa Lanchester
Rose Macaulay
Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
J. A. Hobson
Norah C. James
W. C. Anderson
Mary Hamilton
Emile Burns
E. D. Morel
Charles Roden Buxton
Clement Attlee

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