The Soho Society, London

 
The Soho Society, St. Anne's Tower, 55 Dean Street, London W1D 6AF, U.K.
A company limited by guarantee, registered in England No.07899282.
Registered with the Charity Commission No.1146589.
 
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7439 4303
E-mail: admin@thesohosociety.org.uk
Web: www.thesohosociety.org.uk
The Soho Society © 2008-2013
Updated: 15 May 2013

 
Dear Reader,  

We hope that you will enjoy visiting this web-site. Perhaps you have also read the latest edition of our quarterly magazine, The Soho Clarion.
 
Have you considered joining the Soho Society, or rejoining if your membership has lapsed? If you live, visit or work in this remarkable London village there is every reason why you should be a member of the local community society. Started in 1975, when much of Soho's residential property, small businesses and crafts people were threatened with eviction to accommodate uncontrolled office development, the Society has kept to its original promise to make the Soho Village a better place in which to live, work, trade or visit - and to enjoy.
 
We urge you to join now and to help this voluntary Society to maintain the ethos of this very special and remarkable London village with a difference.
 
From the present Soho community and the spirits of Soho residents of the past - Karl Marx, Hogarth, Logie Baird, Caneletto, Mozart, Darwin, Dreyden, Theodore King of Corsica, de Quincey, John Snow, Dorothy L. Sayers, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Hazlett, Casanova, and many others ....
 
Leslie Hardcastle, President


 

The Soho Society's web-site aims to reflect and illustrate the ever-changing face of Soho. The principal aims of the Society are to protect the interests of residents and businesses and to enhance the environment which we all share. [ more ]


 

 
Events in and near Soho
The 39th Soho Festival
Sunday 7 July
Mount Street Gardens Summer Fair
Sunday 30 June
Metropolitan Police
Male Voice Choir
Friday 28 June
Soho Food Feast
Weekend 8 - 9 June
Carroll / Fletcher Gallery
Exhibition: Never Odd or Even
24 May - 6 July
The World on Regent Street
Sunday 12 May
Covent Garden Community Association
Events: May, June, July
The People of Soho
An Exhibition of Photography by Pete Zelewski
28 Apr - 26 May 2013
Soho Theatre, various dates

 
CAMPAIGN
The Coach and Horses Pub
One of the few independent pubs in Soho is under threat of being taken over by a large brewery chain
Click here for details

 
Crossrail
Commencement of Grout Shafts
in Soho Square


Click here for more details and a map of Soho Square showing the proposed work areas.
 

 
Restoration of Soho newsagent's
Georgian facade at 88 Dean Street

Click here for more details
 

 
A Tribute to
The New Piccadilly Cafe
Denman Street

narrated by Pinkietessa
"N for No-more Piccadilly Cafe. Yes, it's gawn, the caff, the building, even the block has been razed to the ground due to Westminster's Development Plans."
Click here for video
 

 
THE SPRING 2013 ISSUE OF OUR QUARTERLY MAGAZINE ..
Articles include: Soho Shorts: Spring In Soho, Planning & Licensing, Obituary: Gaby Pierotti, Film: The Look Of Love, Obituary: Noel Botham, Soho map and guide, Soho Parish Primary School, Museum of Soho: music in Soho, Membership application form, Crossword puzzle, Matthew Bennett recalls Pizza Express, Romilly Street.
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
STREET NAMES
Leo Reynolds has compiled an illustrated list of street name signs. Carlisle Street, Foubert's Place, Marshall Street, Carnaby Street, Kingly Court and Brewer Street,
all in Soho, are shown
on his Flickr web-page
[scroll down for pictures]

 
 
 
 
We thank Henry Helliwell
who for several years
provided hosting and server space
for this web-site.
In June 2011 Kell Gatherer took over that role.

 
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