Bucks Club Dinner – 23/06/11
The FOBS/FOGS dinner is now confirmed for Thursday, 23rd June 2011 at Buck’s Club, 18 Clifford Street, London W1S 3RF, pre-dinner drinks at 7.30pm and dinner at 8.00pm.
We have yet to secure a guest speaker, but are hopeful of finding someone interesting.
The cost of the evening is £45 per head to include dinner and pre-dinner drinks. Dress code is black tie and a cash bar will be available for wine etc during the evening ( we are hoping to have Painted Dog wines made by Jeremy Borg, a FOB some of you may remember) . All proceeds (after costs) will go to the Falcon College Overseas Trust.
Places are strictly limited, so please confirm your place via email to: Peter Coulson or get in touch via the Contact Us page.
About Bucks Club
The club – sited in Clifford Street near Piccadilly – was founded just after World War 1 when Captain H. J. Buckmaster and some of his fellow officers in Royal Horse Guards decided it was high time there was a London club that could break the mould of ‘stuffy’ London clubs’ – they especially wanted to include an American Cocktail Bar in the club …regarded as a bit heretical at the time!
The club opened in June 1919, with its American Cocktail Bar as a key feature. Members were drawn mostly from Household Cavalry regiments, a trend which lasted many years, though membership is now very varied. The club does have one very familiar claim to fame – the creation in 1921 by its first bartender, ‘Malachy’ McGarry, of the Buck’s Fizz Cocktail.
Being also well-known for the youth of its membership, the club also features in the works of P.G. Wodehouse. Winston Churchill was once a member.
