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  12.02.2018
  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
  If there is one review of the LSY that you read, make sure you read this one.
  
  The Little Ship Club is a "private" club located on the north bank of the Thames at Bell Wharf Lane, just below Cannon Station. Make sure you read my comments after the next paragraph on the club's history!!
  
  The Little Ship Club was founded in London in 1926 by a group of yachtsmen for the purpose of providing training and lectures over the winter months. The club operates from its riverside clubhouse at Bell Wharf Lane, London. They are the only yacht club operating from within the City of London. The club's inaugural meeting was at The Ship restaurant in London on the 5th November 1926 The club moved to the Old Ship tavern in 1928, and from there to Beaver Hall in 1932, as member numbers expanded. In 1962, the club moved to Bell Wharf Lane. It shares it's space with the City Livery Club and often holds joint dinners and events.
  
  The Club, like many other private London Clubs, historically required endorsement from one or more existing members of the Club. Even though these private Clubs claim they are "open" to anyone, the endorsement requirement effectively made joining a near impossibility unless you "knew" someone. However, due to the changing societal conditions, the Little Ship Club has been struggling with declining membership for a number of years with resultant financial concerns for it's ongoing viability at it's current location. Since about 2016 the Club has been open to accepting applications for membership without the existing member endorsement requirement which means it's one of the very few, if not only, private club located not only in London, but in the City of London, that you can actually join.
  
  And what a deal the above is. The Club is open for lunch Monday - Friday for members, and offers a spectacular A La Carte and Fixed menues. The Club also has lectures and meetings on Tuesday nights throughout the year with a fixed menu Club dinner following the lecture or event. Here again the meals are first class, in a location that can't be beat on the bank of the Thames, and the prices are very inexpensive. The Club also offers "Cabins" - rooms for members to rent at a fraction of the price of local hotels. And although the Club is usually busy with City Livery Club members during the day, you can usually find a nice quiet corner to read, visit with friends or other activities offered by membership. Prospective members are welcome and encouraged to attend one of the Tuesday evening events to see what the Club has to offer - for only the price of the membership event ticket. It just doesn't get any better than that! There is parking at the Club and it is handicap accessible in all aspects.
  
  If the above appeals to you and you are interested, contact the Club secretary through the LSC website for more details.
  
  About me - I have been a member now for three years and I love it. I go to most of the Tuesday evening events as well as have lunch at the Club on a regular basis. I am writing this review as someone who likes it for what it is and has to offer as a Club first. The fact that it has so many connections and opportunities to the boating (little ship) world is the topping on the desert that it is. Highly recommended, and suggest you check it out for yourself!!

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