Ten years ago, dear Lou Ravelle, the brain behind Wrestling Scene - the mouthpiece for all Paul Lincoln's ballyhoo - regaled Hack and me with stories of The Mandrake Club, behind Charing Cross Station. Apparently wrestlers congregated there after shows in the late fifties and sixties. We scratched around for corroborating evidence but always drew a blank. Today on Talking Pictures I see the Mandrake Club featured - it existed!
This is a long shot 60+ years on but maybe James or someone can tell us more about this apparently iconic locale?
Duke Ellington is an interesting mention as a Mandrake Clubber in your article, Hack. I had never quite fathomed how he could have been a buddy of Steve Logan. Maybe they met at The Mandrake?