It launched in London's Soho almost 40 years ago, and quickly became notorious for its celebrity clientele and 'tales of naughtiness and excess'. Now the renowned Groucho Club, one of London's most famous private members' clubs, has announced plans to expand - to a village near Wakefield.
But fame alone wasn't enough to get you in. 'The membership committee quickly established itself as fearsome, fickle and notoriously difficult to impress,' the club's history section states. 'Even if you got through the gauntlet of membership, it didn't always guarantee actually getting in to the club.' Member Eric Clapton was once turned away as he wasn't recognised - and even the Spice Girls at the height of their fame were unsuccessful.
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