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Some key years....

1796 Landscape gardener Humphry Repton's "Red Book" delivered to General Henry St John

 

1847 Death of Sir John Delves Broughton, Bart, at Bank Farm  (The Morning Post)

          Bank Farm Sale

 

1872 An interesting relic (transcript from The Morning Post)

 

1885 The sale of Bank Grove

 

1890 The new Albany Club opens (transcript from The Evening Telegraph)

 

1894 Performance of Twelfth Night at The Albany Club (transcript from The Morning Post)

 

1897 The Albany Club celebrates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (The Morning Post)

 

1898 The Albany Club - purchase of freehold, erection of additional premises, and the election of 500 new members (The Morning Post)

 

          The Albany Club floral cycle parade (The Morning Post)

 

1899 Cycling Gymkhana held in the Albany Club gardens (a must read)

 

1907 The Regatta Season ends (transcript from the Surrey Comet)

Drawing of The Albany Club (1891)

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