London s most exclusive finishing school - the Club of the Three Wise Monkeys , Pent Street , SW. Founded in 1923 by head Miss Marian Ellison. Here members are taught not only how to make a court curtsey , but how to cook a meal , how to set about decorating a room , attain a speed of 150 words a minute at shorthand. Photo shows: Learning how to make a curtsy in the deportment class at the Monkey Club is Miss Sally Wilson 22 May 1951 Mono Print UnitedArchives1266473

London s most exclusive finishing school - the Club of the Three Wise Monkeys , Pent Street , SW. Founded in 1923 by head Miss Marian Ellison. Here members are taught not only how to make a court curtsey , but how to cook a meal , how to set about decorating a room , attain a speed of 150 words a minute at shorthand. Photo shows: Learning how to make a curtsy in the deportment class at the Monkey Club is Miss Sally Wilson 22 May 1951 Mono Print UnitedArchives1266473

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Recording Date: May 22, 1951

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London s most exclusive finishing school - the Club of the Three Wise Monkeys , Pent Street , SW. Founded in 1923 by head Miss Marian Ellison. Here members are taught not only how to make a court curtsey , but how to cook a meal , how to set about decorating a room , attain a speed of 150 words a minute at shorthand. Photo shows: Learning how to make a curtsy in the deportment class at the Monkey Club is Miss Sally Wilson 22 May 1951 Mono Print UnitedArchives1266473

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