59 Greek Street: Home of the Theatre Girl's Club, Soho, London

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Alongside the photography series, the exhibition will be complete with behind-the-scenes polaroids taken during the shoots. Nor is there mention of the morning sun which shone through the large windows facing Greek Street, and in the afternoons through the windows overlooking Bateman’s Buildings at the rear.

Rents and business rates are high in Soho, businesses come and go and no one is immune: Greek Street stalwart and political gossip hotbed the Gay Hussar is boarded up after serving its last goulash in June. This village spirit did mean that, at first, Mina was a little concerned about possibly threading on toes – other businesses had been there for so long. While some of these sites are no longer exactly the same as they were in the late 1960s and early 70s, we welcome you to take a walking tour through the start of Elton’s career using the map and legend below. For example, the cocktail bar behind the bookcase (which I did manage to get into in the end) – its proper name is The Vault, and it’s just below Milroy’s of Soho , the whisky specialist established in 1964 by brothers Jack and Wallace Milroy. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.

It is a fine book that remembers an aspect of women's history that would have been forgotten if it had not been written.

I asked the barman for “red wine” and he reached for a bottle without any further questions – when I came back for another round he filled me up to the top as a “recycling bonus” for using the same glass twice. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

If we are lucky, and if we take care to protect it, Soho and Greek Street will stay beautiful, and delightfully shit, for a while longer. Image-maker Daniel Sachon will reveal a never-before-seen photography series BITCHES in Soho during Frieze week. I know exactly where I was when I realised there was something different about Greek Street – a road on the Eastern edge of Soho in London, running from Soho Square down to Shaftesbury Avenue. Shrimplin points out a white-fronted building that’s just been done up: number 59 was once the Soho Club and Home for Working Girls , not far from another development where the 19th century fronts are all that’s left of the old Wedgwood pottery showrooms. Maude Stanley allowed nothing stronger than ginger-beer on the premises ‘and yet everyone seemed perfectly satisfied.