Real Drones Clubs
Some real "Drones" clubs or restaurants exist or have existed, including:
- A "Drones" restaurant exists since the early 1970s in London at 1 Pont Street off Knightsbridge. Previously a burger-and-fries, it was turned in November 2000 into a gastronomic restaurant by new owner and restaurateur Marco Pierre White.
- A "Drones Club" existed in London at 12 St. George Street in Mayfair. Also previously owned by Marco Pierre White and Piers Adam, the smaller restaurant was purchased in 2004 by businessman Ben Goldsmith and turned into a members-only dining club. Membership included pop stars, peers, CEOs, and princesses. This club closed in March 2007 due to losing its location to a restaurant, and may not reopen.
- Another "Drones" restaurant, aka "Drones Fenwick of Bond Street", exists in London inside the Fenwick department store at 63 New Bond Street. It was linked to "The Drones Club" above.
- The "Drones Club of Belgium" is the name of a P. G. Wodehouse fanclub, founded in 1989, about 60 members as of 2007.
- During the early to mid-1990s a Drones Club dining society was established at Oxford University. It was a "polite" dining society, where members met for civilised breakfasts, lunch engagements and formal suppers. Their formal dining room was located above The Old Tom Public house 101 St Aldates Oxford and they had their own "Jeeves" Giles Mortimore, who is now a private detective in the far east, Themed events included May Morning breakfasts, civilised garden parties and dinner dances. The club was started by Sebastian Madden (Bertie Wooster) who was studying PPE at Keble College. Mr Madden continued to run the club until his graduation in 1996. Other members included Damien Collins, now Conservative MP for Folkestone, Toby Purser (conductor of the Orien Orchestra), Charles Methven (former editor of the Sportsman) and Benedict Peers (a criminal barrister).
- A club named 'The Drones' exists at Charterhouse School
- The Drones Comedy Club is an informal comedy open mike show hosted by the Chapter Arts Centre
- The Drones Club is a live music club occurring in various venues around Stoke Newington in London since 2004. Performers have included Bobby Conn, Holly Golightly, Phil Wilson of the June Brides and Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots.
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