Playboy Club Uk

UK outposts of the London club had opened in Manchester and Portsmouth, and having added the Clermont Club to the company’s portfolio in 1970, a chain of Playboy-branded betting shops were. Playboy Club London, UK Picture shows Cooper Hefner, son of Hugh Hefner photographed at the Playboy Club on Old Park Lane, London, England, UK Playboy Club.

Denom: S/.5.00
Color: Orange
Inserts: 3 Blue
Mold: H&C CJ
Inlay: R-White
Logo: Bunny
45 Park Lane
London, United Kingdom
Type: Land Based
Status: Closed
Open: 07/01/1966, Close: 1981
This chip is from the Crockford hoard. Produced by Christy & Jones these were to be used in the London Playboy club per arrangement between Victor Lownes and Crockford. Crockford would manage the club for a percentage. A deal could not be reached and Playboy ordered new chips from T.R. King (small crown). Pat Sullivan arranged the deal which fell through but retained the H& C chips.
All of these chips are in new condition since they were never in play. This info is from Tom Stroh’s book ” Cheques, Chips and Tokens of the Playboy Casinos”. Chip is worth about $3.00 -$5.00.

The essential facts of the case were that a Mr Barakat visited the Playboy Club, a London casino, and applied for credit with which to play. The casino asked Barakat to provide a credit reference. The player provided details of an Italian bank, Banca Nazionale del Lavoro ( 'Banca Lavoro ' ). The first Playboy Club opened in Chicago on Sadie Hawkins Day in 1960 as an extension of Hugh Hefner’s Playboy magazine and quickly grew to a global chain of 30.

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Back home in the seaside town of Portsmouth, England, Marilyn Cole used to love sailing or basking on the beach -- but, incredibly enough, she felt conspicuous in a swimsuit. 'I was afraid my legs were too thin,' she recalls. Then, toward the end of 1970, a girlfriend persuaded her to leave her position as a co-op clerk, move to London and apply for a job as a Bunny at the Playboy Club there. She was hired on the spot -- and within the week was recommended as a possible Playmate, thus settling permanently any lingering doubts she might have had about her bathing-suitability. Before going to London, Marilyn's only previous experience away from home had been a six-month stint in Marseilles as an au pair. Now she's a confirmed Londoner who still enjoys making new discoveries about her adopted home. 'I love the city,' she says. 'It's very cosmopolitan, with so many people here from all over the world that it doesn't seem like England -- or at least not like Portsmouth.'

Her favorite haunts are the parks, theaters, art galleries and, most especially, the shops from Biba's on Kensington High Street to the Sunday flea market on Petticoat Lane. When she started out at London's Playboy Club, Marilyn worked as Door Bunny, greeting keyholders and their guests. Club executives noted her intelligence, poise and friendly smile, and when their public relations girl, Dawn Lowis -- also a former Bunny -- retired, Marilyn was a natural choice to succeed her. 'My first reaction was that I couldn't possibly handle the job,' Marilyn admits. 'But now that I'm getting the hang of it, it's turning out to be lots of fun.' It's a happy choice of career for a girl who, although she liked cottontailing, hates working nights, which are of course the busiest hours at the Club. 'I'm basically a day person,' she says. 'I just can't loll around and sleep until noon.' Recently, Marilyn found one other thing she can't abide: commercialized beauty contests. 'I was entered in the Miss United Kingdom competition,' she says. 'It was awful. You're reduced to a number. And the girls -- well, you wouldn't recognize some of them without their make-up. I just can't stand phonies.' Obviously, Miss Cole herself is very much the genuine article.

--- Photography by Alexas Urba

AMBITIONS
To have healthy children and a full life.

TURN-ONS
Cats.

TURN-OFFS
Rude people.

MY FRIENDS SAY I'M
Easy-going, quite normal and home-loving.

SEE YOU SOON
At the Playboy Club in London.

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IN MY SPARE TIME, I
Swim and sail.

FAVORITE MOVIES
'Bonnie and Clyde,' 'The Wild Bunch.'

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I HAVE A TASTE FOR
French cuisine, wine and Scotch.

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SOMEONE I ADMIRE
Gladys Aylward, because her strength and stability saved many beautiful children