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Avenue du Général de Gaulle 43
Ixelles, Belgium 1050
Type: Other
Status: Open
Open: 1842
Link to Website
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| On 8th February 1842, shortly after its opening in a rented house on the corner of the rue Royale ….the first general meeting of the Club.…the list of the Membres du Cercle du Parc. They nearly all belonged to the nobility of the country but some as well to the diplomacy and to the upper-rank civil and military. There were a few foreigners too.However, from 1853, there was a wish to move into larger premises. L'hôtel de Blommaert, avenue des Arts was thought to be suitable to replace the old local and. ------the new house on 30thDecember 1867. … a club that has no other purpose than to cultivate social relationships and where matters of business were avoided. United by a common social and spiritual background, these gentlemen were probably engaged in the art of conversation,…..They were also engaged in gaming, especially bridge. ….In the evening full evening dress was worn and later black tie ….In another vein, it should be noted that there was once a fund for the poor, apparently funded by gaming…..After World War I, the situation of the Club became quite precarious. In 1969, the question of the future of the Club rose again. The Club had by then very few members. ….after having sold the house of the Avenue des Arts, a building situated in avenue Général de Gaulle was acquired in 1970. In 1989 the Club became known as "Cercle Royal du Parc" (from Cercle site) |
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CG151246 Obsolete
Denom: 50
Added: 2015-10-10
Last Update: 2021-05-28
Color: Brass
50 BEF
Metallic jeton.The Cercle was on Rue Royale between 1842 and 1867. It can be assumed therefore that this metallic jeton has been issued in that period.Scan www.tokencatalog.com
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CG151252
Added: 2015-10-10
Last Update: 2015-10-10
Cigarettes tin box
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