The Drones Club is a recurring

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in the stories of British

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P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, ( ; 15 October 188114 February 1975) was an English author and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Jeeve ...

. It is a gentlemen's club in London. Many of Wodehouse's

Jeeves Jeeves (born Reginald Jeeves, nicknamed Reggie) is a fictional character in a series of comedic short stories and novels by English author P. G. Wodehouse. Jeeves is the highly competent valet of a wealthy and idle young Londoner named Bertie W ...

and

Blandings Castle Blandings Castle is a recurring fictional location in the stories of British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being the seat of Lord Emsworth (Clarence Threepwood, 9th Earl of Emsworth), home to many of his family and the setting for numerous ta ...

stories feature the club or its members. Various members of the club appear in stories included in the "Drones Club series", which contains stories not already included in other series. Most of the Drones Club stories star either Freddie Widgeon or

Bingo Little Richard P. "Bingo" Little is a recurring fictional character in the comedic Jeeves and Drones Club stories of English writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a friend of Jeeves's master Bertie Wooster and a member of the Drones Club. In his early appear ...

. The name "Drones" has been used by several real-life clubs and restaurants.

Overview

The Drones Club is in

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, located in

Dover Street Dover Street is a street in Mayfair, London. The street is notable for its Georgian architecture as well as the location of historic London clubs and hotels, which have been frequented by world leaders and historic figures in the arts. It also ...

, off

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. A

drone Drone most commonly refers to: * Drone (bee), a male bee, from an unfertilized egg * Unmanned aerial vehicle * Unmanned surface vehicle, watercraft * Unmanned underwater vehicle or underwater drone Drone, drones or The Drones may also refer to: ...

being a male bee that does no work, living off the labour of others, it aptly describes the late 1920s to early 1930s stereotype of rich, idle young club members, though some of the members have careers and even jobs. As decided by a vote of the club's members, the Drones Club tie is a striking "rich purple". A Drones Club scarf is also mentioned. Wodehouse based the Drones Club on a combination of three real London clubs: the Bachelors' Club (which existed around the turn of the century),

Buck's Club Buck's Club is a gentlemen's club in London, located at 18 Clifford Street, established in June 1919. P. G. Wodehouse mentions it in some stories and modelled his Drones Club mostly after Buck's. It is probably best known for the Buck's Fiz ...

(established 1919), and a dash of the

Bath Club The Bath Club was a sports-themed London gentlemen's club in the 20th century. It was established in 1894 at 34 Dover Street. Its swimming pool was a noted feature, and it is thought that the swimming pool of the fictional Drones Club (also on D ...

for its swimming pool's ropes and rings. The fictional Drones barman, McGarry, has the same surname as the Buck's first bartender, a Mr McGarry (Buck's barman from 1919 to 1941, credited with creating the Buck's Fizz and

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cocktails). However

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declared that the Drones did not resemble any real club in 1920s London. A real club has been based at 40

since 1893,

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. Other gentlemen's clubs which have existed on Dover Street but are now dissolved include the Bath Club, the Junior Naval and Military Club, and the Scottish Club, as well as two mixed-sex clubs, the Albemarle Club and the Empress Club. None of these were considered among London's 'premier' clubs of the kind found on St James's Street and Pall Mall, and so their ambience often had something of the raucous informality of the fictional Drones Club. About a dozen club members are major or secondary recurring characters in the Wodehouse stories. In addition to

Bertie Wooster Bertram Wilberforce Wooster is a fictional character in the comedic Jeeves stories created by British author P. G. Wodehouse. An amiable English gentleman and one of the "idle rich", Bertie appears alongside his valet, Jeeves, whose intelligenc ...

(Jeeves stories),

Pongo Twistleton The following is an incomplete list of fictional characters featured in the books and stories of P. G. Wodehouse, by series, in alphabetical order by series name. Due to overlap between the various classifications of Wodehouse's work, some char ...

(Uncle Fred stories), Rupert Psmith (Psmith stories), and

Freddie Threepwood The Honourable Frederick Threepwood is a fictional character in the Blandings stories by P. G. Wodehouse. A member of the Drones Club affectionately known as "Freddie", he is the second son of Lord Emsworth, and a somewhat simple-minded youth who ...

(Blandings stories), prominent recurring drones include

and Freddie Widgeon, plus

Monty Bodkin Montague "Monty" Bodkin (also referred to as Montrose) is a recurring fictional character in three novels of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a wealthy young member of the Drones Club, well-dressed, well-spoken, impeccably polite, and ge ...

, Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps,

Tuppy Glossop Hildebrand "Tuppy" Glossop is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves stories by humorist P. G. Wodehouse. Tuppy is a member of the Drones Club, a friend of Bertie Wooster, and the fiancé of Angela Travers, Bertie's cousin. Life and chara ...

Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright Claude Cattermole "Catsmeat" Potter-Pirbright is a recurring fictional character in the Jeeves and Drones Club stories of English comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, being a longtime school friend of Jeeves's master Bertie Wooster and a member of the ...

Archibald Mulliner ''Mr Mulliner Speaking'' is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on April 30, 1929 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on February 21, 1930 by Doubleday, Doran.McIlvaine ( ...

, and the club millionaire

Oofy Prosser The following is an incomplete list of fictional characters featured in the books and stories of P. G. Wodehouse, by series, in alphabetical order by series name. Due to overlap between the various classifications of Wodehouse's work, some cha ...

Events

* The Drones Club annual Golf tournament: A yearly

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handicap tournament that was held one year at Bingley-on-Sea. * The Drones Club Squash Handicap: A yearly

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tournament. One year, Bertie Wooster was runner-up. * The Drones Club Darts Tournament: An annual

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sweepstakes tournament held in February. Tickets are purchased for ten shillings and members draw tournament contestants. The darts tournament then takes place, and the member who drew the winner of the tournament wins the jackpot. * The Drones Club Fat Uncles Sweep: An annual sweepstakes contest introduced by Freddie Widgeon. Members enter their uncles in the Fat Uncles sweep and the uncles' names are drawn from a hat. Later, on the first day of the

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match, the members bring their uncles to the Drones Club for lunch. McGarry, the club bartender, having the uncanny ability of estimating the weight of anything to an ounce by sight, estimates the weight of the uncles and determines the fattest uncle. The member that drew the fattest uncle wins the jackpot, which was well over a hundred pounds the first year the contest was run. A change made later to the contest is that fifty pounds is allocated from the jackpot to the nephew of the winning uncle as prize money.

Stories

Among the Wodehouse works, what was later dubbed the "Drones Club series" is a loose set of separate stories told by various narrators about members of the Drones Club. Many of the stories are told at the club or have some events happening at the club. ; Main canon The main canon consists of 21 short stories (nine

, eight Freddie Widgeon, and four other Drones, including the one introducing

and his

Uncle Fred Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, 5th Earl of Ickenham, commonly known as Uncle Fred, is a fictional character who appears in comedic short stories and novels written by P. G. Wodehouse between 1935 and 1961. An energetic and mischievous ol ...

), as eventually collected in the omnibus: * ''Tales from the Drones Club'' (1982) later ''The Drones Omnibus'' (1991) The same set of short stories is also available in their original collections: * Collected in '' Young Men in Spats'' (1936) ** "

Fate Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often ...

" (Freddie Widgeon) ** "

Tried in the Furnace ''Young Men in Spats'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 3 April 1936 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then in the United States with a slightly different selection of stories on 24 July 1 ...

" (Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps and

) ** " Trouble Down at Tudsleigh" (Freddie Widgeon) ** "

The Amazing Hat Mystery ''Young Men in Spats'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 3 April 1936 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then in the United States with a slightly different selection of stories on 24 July 1 ...

" (Percy Wimbolt and Nelson Cork) ** "

Goodbye to All Cats ''Young Men in Spats'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 3 April 1936 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then in the United States with a slightly different selection of stories on 24 July 1 ...

" (Freddie Widgeon) ** "

The Luck of the Stiffhams ''Young Men in Spats'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 3 April 1936 by Herbert Jenkins Ltd, Herbert Jenkins, London, then in the United States with a slightly different selection of ...

" (Stiffy Stiffham) ** "

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" (Freddie Widgeon) ** "

Uncle Fred Flits By "Uncle Fred Flits By" is a short story by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse, which was published in the United States in the July 1935 edition of '' Redbook'', and in the United Kingdom in the December 1935 issue of the ''Strand''. It was inc ...

" (Pongo Twistleton with Uncle Fred) * Collected in '' Lord Emsworth and Others'' (1937) ** " The Masked Troubadour" (Freddie Widgeon) * Collected in ''

Eggs, Beans and Crumpets ''Eggs, Beans and Crumpets'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on April 26, 1940 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then with a slightly different content in the United States on May 10, 1940 by ...

'' (1940) ** "

All's Well with Bingo ''Eggs, Beans and Crumpets'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on April 26, 1940 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then with a slightly different content in the United States on May 10, 1940 by ...

" (

) ** "

Bingo and the Peke Crisis ''Eggs, Beans and Crumpets'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on April 26, 1940 by Herbert Jenkins, London, then with a slightly different content in the United States on May 10, 1940 by ...

" (Bingo Little) ** "

The Editor Regrets ''Eggs, Beans and Crumpets'' is a collection of short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on April 26, 1940 by Herbert Jenkins Ltd, Herbert Jenkins, London, then with a slightly different content in the United States ...

" (Bingo Little) ** " Sonny Boy" (Bingo Little with

) * Collected in '' Nothing Serious'' (1950) ** "

The Shadow Passes ''Nothing Serious'' is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 21 July 1950 by Herbert Jenkins Ltd, Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 24 May 1951 by Doubleday (pub ...

" (Bingo Little) ** "

Bramley Is So Bracing ''Nothing Serious'' is a collection of ten short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on 21 July 1950 by Herbert Jenkins Ltd, Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 24 May 1951 by Doubleday (pub ...

" (Freddie Widgeon with Bingo Little) * Collected in '' A Few Quick Ones'' (1959) ** "

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" (Freddie Widgeon with Oofy Prosser) ** " The Word in Season" (Bingo Little) ** " Leave it to Algy" (Bingo Little with Oofy Prosser) ** " Oofy, Freddie and the Beef Trust" (Freddie Widgeon with Oofy Prosser) * Collected in ''

Plum Pie ''Plum Pie'' is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 22 September 1966 by Barrie & Jenkins (under the Herbert Jenkins Ltd, Herbert Jenkins imprint), and in the United States on 1 Decembe ...

'' (1966) ** " Bingo Bans the Bomb" (Bingo Little with Freddie Widgeon) ** " Stylish Stouts" (Bingo Little) ; Additional novels Six novels about the adventures of Drones Club Members as main protagonist: * '' Money for Nothing'' (1928) – novel about Hugo Carmody and Ronnie Fish * ''

The Luck of the Bodkins ''The Luck of the Bodkins'' is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 11 October 1935 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on 3 January 1936 by Little, Brown and Company.McIlvaine (1990), pp. 69–70, A54. ...

'' (1935) – novel about Monty Bodkin with Reggie Tennyson * ''

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'' (1936) – novel about Reginald Swithin * ''

Barmy in Wonderland ''Barmy in Wonderland'' is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 21 April 1952 by Herbert Jenkins, London, and in the United States on 8 May 1952 by Doubleday & Company, New York, under the title ''Angel Cake''. ...

'' (1952) – novel about Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps * ''

Ice in the Bedroom ''Ice in the Bedroom'' is a novel by P.G. Wodehouse, first published as a book in the United States (where the title was ''The Ice in the Bedroom'') on February 2, 1961 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, and in the United Kingdom on October 15 ...

'' (1961) – novel about Freddie Widgeon with Oofy Prosser * '' Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin'' (1972) – novel about Monty Bodkin ; Related stories Related are all stories about those Drones Club members already part of another series (

and Bertie,

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's Freddie Threepwood,

and Pongo,

Psmith Rupert Psmith (or Ronald Eustace Psmith, as he is called in the last of the four books in which he appears) is a recurring fictional character in several novels by British author P. G. Wodehouse, being one of Wodehouse's best-loved characters. ...

Mr Mulliner Mr. Mulliner is a fictional character from the short stories of P. G. Wodehouse. Mr. Mulliner is a loquacious pub raconteur who, no matter what the topic of conversation, can find an appropriate (if improbable) story about a member of his fa ...

's nephew Archibald Mulliner), but more especially: * ''

The Inimitable Jeeves ''The Inimitable Jeeves'' by P.G. Wodehouse was the first of the Jeeves novels, although not originally conceived as a single narrative, being assembled from a number of short stories featuring the same characters. The book was first published ...

'' (1923) – Jeeves semi-novel, Bertie and Bingo, some events at the club * ''

Leave it to Psmith ''Leave It to Psmith'' is a comic novel by English author P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 30 November 1923 by Herbert Jenkins, London, England, and in the United States on 14 March 1924 by George H. Doran, New York.M ...

'' (1923) – Psmith and Blandings novel, also Freddie Threepwood, some events at the club * Collected in ''

Mr Mulliner Speaking ''Mr Mulliner Speaking'' is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on April 30, 1929 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on February 21, 1930 by Doubleday, Doran.McIlvaine ( ...

'' (1929) ** "

The Reverent Wooing of Archibald ''Mr Mulliner Speaking'' is a collection of nine short stories by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published in the United Kingdom on April 30, 1929 by Herbert Jenkins, and in the United States on February 21, 1930 by Doubleday, Doran.McIlvaine ( ...

" (1928) – Archibald Mulliner and Algy Wymondham-Wymondham, starts at the club, told by Mr Mulliner * ''

Summer Lightning ''Summer Lightning'' is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 1 July 1929 by Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday, Doran, New York, under the title ''Fish Preferred'', and in the United Kingdom on 19 July 1929 by Her ...

'' (1929) – Blandings novel with Hugo Carmody and Ronnie Fish * '' Heavy Weather'' (1933) – Blandings novel with Hugo Carmody and Ronnie Fish, also Monty Bodkin, some events at the club * Collected in '' Young Men in Spats'' (1936) ** " Archibald and the Masses" (1935) – Archibald Mulliner, told by Mr Mulliner ** " The Code of the Mulliners" (1935) – Archibald Mulliner, told by Mr Mulliner * ''

Uncle Fred in the Springtime ''Uncle Fred in the Springtime'' is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 18 August 1939 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, and in the United Kingdom on 25 August 1939 by Herbert Jenkins, London.McIlvaine (1990), p. 7 ...

'' (1939) – Uncle Fred and Blandings novel, action started by Pongo, Horace, and Oofy at the club * ''

Cocktail Time ''Cocktail Time'' is a comic novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United Kingdom on 20 June 1958 by Herbert Jenkins, London and in the United States on 24 July 1958 by Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York. A condensed version of the sto ...

'' (1958) – Uncle Fred novel, some events with Pongo at the club * " Life with Freddie" in ''

'' (1966) – Freddie Threepwood, some events with the club's barman ; Relatable story Relatable is one story, which features the club and a Drone as a secondary character, and marks the first mention of the Drones Club: * ''

Jill the Reckless ''Jill The Reckless'' is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on October 8, 1920McIlvaine, E., Sherby, L.S. and Heineman, J.H. (1990) ''P.G. Wodehouse: A comprehensive bibliography and checklist''. New York: James H ...

'' (1921) – novel, Drone Algy Martyn as secondary character, one chapter at the club Many more stories simply include a Drones member in some scenes, or have mentions of club members. ; Not included Not included are all identical stories published under other titles (in magazines or U.S. versions), or "recycled" stories, especially: * "

Comrade Bingo "Comrade Bingo" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in London in May 1922, and in ''Cosmopolitan'' in New York that same mo ...

" and "

Bingo and the Little Woman "Bingo and the Little Woman" is a short story by P. G. Wodehouse, and features the young gentleman Bertie Wooster and his valet Jeeves. The story was published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in London in November 1922, and then in ''Cosmopolitan'' i ...

" (Bingo Little) – 1922 magazine stories merged into the semi-novel ''The Inimitable Jeeves'' (1923) * "Quest" (Freddie Widgeon) – 1931 magazine story rewritten as " The Knightly Quest of Mervyn" (Mr Mulliner, non-Drones story, still featuring Oofy Prosser) * "The Ordeal of Bingo Little" (Bingo Little) – 1954 magazine story rewritten as "Leave It to Algy" (Bingo Little, included above) * "Unpleasantness at Kozy Kot" (Drone Dudley "Biffy" Wix-Biffen) – 1958 "exclusive" story recycled for the U.S. edition of '' A Few Quick Ones'' (1959) from " Fixing it for Freddie" (Jeeves story) * "The Great Fat Uncle Contest" (Bingo Little) – 1965 magazine rewrite of "Stylish Stouts" (Bingo Little, included above)

Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets

Most of the Drones short stories are also "Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets stories". These stories feature unnamed club members, each referred to as an "Egg", "Bean", or "Crumpet". This is allegedly based on the habit they have of addressing each other as "old egg", "old bean", or "my dear old crumpet", though characters in the stories almost never address other characters by these nicknames. A few later stories introduce a fourth subset of Drones Club members known as "Piefaces". Many of the Drones Club stories begin with these nondescript members talking about the latest exploits of Freddie Widgeon, Pongo Twistleton, Bingo Little, or another of their number. The story then transitions into a particularly well-informed Crumpet narrating the story as he tells it to an uninformed Egg or Bean: : "Beau Widgeon?" said the Egg, impressed. "What ho!" A Crumpet shook his head. "You won't catch Freddie joining any Foreign Legion, once he gets on to the fact that it means missing his morning cup of tea. .. (in "Noblesse Oblige") : " ..I allude, of course, to the Bella Mae Jobson affair." The Bean asked what the Bella Mae Jobson affair was, and the Crumpet, expressing surprise that he had not heard of it, said that it was the affair of Bella Mae Jobson. (in "The Editor Regrets") : "He can't do that here," said an Egg, .."Hoy!" he went on, addressing the Crumpet, who had entered as he spoke. (in "The Word in Season") Wodehouse had already used this technique in the stories told by his

, who refers to his anonymous interlocutors by the name of their drink.

Members

The total number of members is not established. At the Drones Club weekend in

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, France, were "about 87 members", and not all of them crossed the Channel (such as Pongo Twistleton and Horace Pendlebury-Davenport). ; Confirmed Drones members include * Samuel Galahad "Sam" Bagshott * Charles Edward "Biffy" Biffen * Montague "Monty" Bodkin * Godfrey "Biscuit" Brent, Lord Biskerton * "Tubby", Lord Bridgnorth * Frederick "Freddie" Bullivant * Hugo Carmody * Freddie Chalk-Marshall * G. D'Arcy "Stilton" Cheesewright * Nelson Cork * Dudley Finch * Ronald Overbury "Ronnie" Fish * George "Boko" Fittleworth * Cyril "Barmy" Fotheringay-Phipps * Hildebrand "Tuppy" Glossop * Richard "Bingo" Little * Algernon "Algy" Martyn * Archibald "Archie" Mulliner * Horace Pendlebury-Davenport * Judson Phipps * Tipton Plimsoll * Claude Cattermole "Catsmeat" Potter-Pirbright * Alexander "Oofy" Prosser * Rupert "Psmith" Smith * William "Bill" Belfry, 9th Earl of Rowcester * Adolphus "Stiffy" Stiffham * Reginald "Reggie" Tennyson * Frederick "Freddie" Threepwood * Reginald "Pongo" Twistleton * Hugo Walderwick * Frederick "Freddie" Widgeon * Percy Wimbolt * Harold "Ginger" Winship * Bertram "Bertie" Wooster * Algernon "Algy" Wymondham-Wymondham ; Possible Drones members include * "Chuffy", Lord Chuffnell * Augustus "Gussie" Fink-Nottle * Harold "Stinker" Pinker ; Club staff includes * Bates (hall porter) * McGarry (a barman) * Robinson (a cloakroom waiter) ; Virtual Drones members include * "Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets" (unknown narrator(s) and various nondescript members) * Dudley "Biffy" Wix-Biffen (exists only in a non-canon, recycled story)

Real Drones Clubs

Some real "Drones" clubs or restaurants exist or have existed, including: * The Drones Club, a private club in Point Judith, Rhode Island (USA), was established in the late 1930s. * A "Drones" restaurant existed in the early 1970s in London at 1

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off Knightsbridge. Previously a burger-and-fries, in November 2000 it was turned into a gastronomic restaurant by new owner and restaurateur

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. This "Drones Club" moved to 12 St. George Street in Mayfair, and was purchased in 2004 by businessman

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and turned into a members-only dining club. Membership included

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s, peers,

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s and

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es. This club closed in March 2007 due to losing its location to a restaurant. * Another "Drones" restaurant, aka "Drones Fenwick of Bond Street", exists in London inside the Fenwick department store at 63

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.Drones Fenwick.com
, restaurant website. It was linked to "The Drones Club" above.

References, notes and sources

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Overview

Events

Stories

Eggs, Beans, and Crumpets

Members

Real Drones Clubs

See also

References, notes and sources