London’s Royal Albert Hall Used To Host The Maddest New Year’s Eve Ball Around

It was meant as a joke, but as the smoke bomb filled the Royal Albert Hall, and thousands of choking partygoers made a beeline for the exit, it was clear things had gotten out of hand. Things always got out of hand, though. This was Chelsea Arts Club’s annual New Year’s Eve ball. It wasn’t the first time the gathering had hit the headlines: once described as “the most scandalous event on the social calendar,” it was also one of the city’s most famous parties, having been documented as far afield as America’s LIFE magazine, and featuring as a significant location in David Lean’s 1949 film The Passionate Friends… read more >

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