Changes: The Kentucky

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The Kentucky Club, was a club situated at 106 Mile End Road, above a Victorian row of shops in Stepney, East London. The Kray twins bought and owned it in 1962, inviting many celebrities such as Barbara Windsor, at the beginning of their rise to power.

The Kentucky Club was upstairs during the Sixties, one of the many nightclubs the Krays opened. The Kentucky's biggest night was the March 1962 party held to celebrate the premiere of the cockney comedy film Sparrers Can't Sing, starring Barbara Windsor, no less, which had been held opposite in the Empire Cinema (now disused).

The building was built in the early 19th century and is Grade II Listed. It was for a long period of time, an Asian fried chicken take-away, Perfect Fried Chicken and Ribs, but is now a Turkish restaurant.

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 |image1=File:Kentucky.png
 |caption1=The club in 2008
-|location=106a Mile End Road<br>Mile End, London E1 4UN
+|location=106a Mile End Road<br>Stepney, London E1 4UN
 |built=c. 1900
 |notable_events=Owned by the Kray twins
 |status=Closed
 }}
-'''The Kentucky Club''', was a club situated at 106 Mile End Road, Mile End, East London. The Kray twins bought and owned it in 1962, inviting many celebrities such as [[Barbara Windsor]].
+'''The Kentucky Club''', was a club situated at 106 Mile End Road, above a Victorian row of shops in Stepney, East London. The Kray twins bought and owned it in 1962, inviting many celebrities such as [[Barbara Windsor]], at the beginning of their rise to power.
-The Kentucky Club was upstairs in the Sixties, one of the many nightclubs the Krays opened. The Kentucky's biggest night was the March 1962 party held to celebrate the premiere of the cockney comedy film Sparrers Can't Sing, starring Barbara Windsor, no less, which had been held opposite in the Empire Cinema (now disused).
+The Kentucky Club was upstairs during the Sixties, one of the many nightclubs the Krays opened. The Kentucky's biggest night was the March 1962 party held to celebrate the premiere of the cockney comedy film Sparrers Can't Sing, starring Barbara Windsor, no less, which had been held opposite in the Empire Cinema (now disused).
-The building is now an Asian fried chicken take-away, Perfect Fried Chicken and Ribs.
+The building was built in the early 19th century and is Grade II Listed. It was for a long period of time, an Asian fried chicken take-away, Perfect Fried Chicken and Ribs, but is now a Turkish restaurant.
 [[File:Kentuckykrays.jpg|thumb|Reggie (second left) with Ronnie (far right) with  Charles and Charlie Kray (left) in the Kentucky Club after the Premiere of 'Sparrows Can't Sing' in 1963.]]