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35-606: The Angler's (or Anglers') Rest is the fictional public house frequented by irrepressible raconteur Mr. Mulliner . At the beginning of each Mulliner short story, Mr. Mulliner and his companions are having a conversation in the bar-parlour that touches on a variety of topics, often unconnected to the previous one (as one patron put it in " Archibald and the Masses ": "We range. We flit. We leap from point to point. As an erudite Gin and Angostura once put it, we are like Caesar's wife, ready for anything). The conversations lead Mr. Mulliner to have

70-463: A box of caramels and a novel from the circulating library, and on the following night, she places the results of her reading in front of the habitués of the Angler's Rest and invites their judgment (" The Castaways "). The Angler's Rest takes in residents for longer stay, as in " Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court ", it is mentioned a poet is spending the summer at the place. Across from the bar-parlour there

105-449: A comfortable interior. It is owned by Spennie, Lord Dreever , but run by his rich uncle Sir Thomas Blunt . One of the oldest and grandest houses in England, Dreever is famed for an old ghost story, handed down from generation to generation. There is a picturesque rose-garden, and a lake with an island, ideal for young lovers. In The Gem Collector , an earlier version of the story, the house

140-670: A house in London, located at 47 Charles Street , Berkeley Square . Brinkley Court is the primary setting of " The Love That Purifies ", Right Ho, Jeeves , Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit , Jeeves in the Offing , and Much Obliged, Jeeves . Jeeves works there temporarily in Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves . Brinkley is said to be modeled on Severn End, Hanley Castle , in Worcestershire . In

175-502: A hundred miles from London . In one instance, it takes Dahlia Travers about three hours to travel from London to Brinkley Court. The residence of the Traverses' children Angela and Bonzo , Brinkley Court is also a popular destination for Bertie Wooster , Dahlia's beloved nephew. Brinkley's butler is named Seppings and its chauffeur Waterbury. Its most famous domestic employee is the gifted French chef Anatole . The Travers family also owns

210-488: A nap. The garden stretches down to the river, with many shady nooks and summer-house, seemingly ideal for conspirators not wishing to be overheard and weary minds and bodies needing rest. The proprietor, G. Ovens, makes excellent home-brewed ale . Halsey Court is a fictional London cul-de-sac that is not fashionable despite being located in Mayfair . It is featured in several stories, including Galahad at Blandings , Money in

245-666: A real name but are named after the beverage they are drinking. Mr. Mulliner's own signature beverage is a hot Scotch and lemon. Here is a list of some of these names: Aspinall's is a fictional jewellery store in New Bond Street , London, and is referenced in Joy in the Morning (chapter 5), Full Moon (chapter 2), and Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit (chapter 8). Aspinall's was based on Asprey 's store in New Bond Street. Barribault's Hotel

280-543: A recollection of a similar event introducing some new members of the very large Mulliner family. The story then leaves the pub to enter into the narrator's world. The landlord of The Angler's Rest is named Ernest Biggs (" The Juice of an Orange "), and his amiable barmaid is named Miss Postlethwaite, who is never given a first name even though she appears in most of the stories. She is a romantic type fond of motion picture and romance novels, described as "erudite" and "sensitive." Every Sunday afternoon, she retires to her room with

315-588: A resident doctor (" The Truth About George ") and a church (" Anselm Gets His Chance "), with its inevitable Choral Society (" Mulliner's Buck-U-Uppo "). About a mile or two up the river from the Angler's Rest stands an ancient and historic public school (" The Voice from the Past "). The neighborhood also includes a golf course (" Those in Peril on the Tee "), and also a racecourse (" Gala Night "). Mr. Mulliner's pub companions never have

350-714: A speech, in Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit . Bertie visits the club in Much Obliged, Jeeves . He is not surprised that Jeeves spends so much time there, noting that the Junior Ganymede, while lacking the sprightliness of the Drones Club , is a very cosy and comfortable establishment. It appears that members are not required to resign after relinquishing their positions in service, since one valet, Bingley , retains his membership after retiring. According to Wodehouse scholar Norman Murphy,

385-581: Is butler at Deverill, and Silversmith's daughter Queenie is the parlourmaid there. In the Jeeves and Wooster television series, Deverill Hall was filmed at Joyce Grove . Ditteredge Hall is the fictional residence of the family of Sir Roderick Glossop in Hampshire in " Scoring off Jeeves ". The fictional setting of much of A Gentleman of Leisure , Dreever is a large old place in Shropshire , with heavy grey walls to defend against Welsh marauders, but

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420-547: Is a fictional location appearing in Joy in the Morning , being the Hampshire residence of Bertie Wooster 's Uncle Percy (Percy Craye, Lord Worplesdon) and Aunt Agatha . It is located near the village of Steeple Bumpleigh . Usual residents include Lord Worplesdon's children Florence Craye and Edwin Craye. Chuffnell Hall is the fictional country house of "Chuffy" Chuffnell , located near Chuffnell Regis in Somerset . The house

455-803: Is a fictional hotel in London. It is a posh, dignified establishment, and may have been modeled on Claridge's . Barribault's first appears in Full Moon , in which it is located in Brook Street . In Spring Fever , the hotel is in Duke Street . In Ice in the Bedroom , it is in Clarges Street . Bertie Wooster has lunch there with Ginger Winship in Much Obliged, Jeeves . Barribault's also features in other novels including Something Fishy and Frozen Assets . It

490-538: Is a larger room where they sometimes give smoking-concerts (" The Knightly Quest of Mervyn "). The Angler's Rest is located in a small English town, the name of which is never given. Some details given are that there is a High Street with a Bon Ton Drapery Stores, whose efficient sales assistant is named Alfred Lukyn (" The Story of Cedric "), and a cinema named the Bijou Dream (" A Slice of Life ", " The Nodder " and " The Rise of Minna Nordstrom "). The village also contains

525-514: Is also featured in Uncle Dynamite . A fictional school, setting of the novel A Prefect's Uncle , and several short stories . A fictional small coastal-village in Hampshire , and the setting for the novel A Damsel in Distress . Belpher was once a prosperous fishing-town made famous by the oyster trade, until it was discovered that the local bay had been polluted, thus driving away much of

560-481: Is called Corven Abbey , and owned by former New York policeman McEachern . The Drones Club is a fictional gentlemen's club for feckless youth, located in Dover Street , London . Easeby Hall is the fictional Shropshire seat of Bertie Wooster's Uncle Willoughby in " Jeeves Takes Charge ". A fictional school, setting of the novel The Head of Kay's , and several other school stories . A fictional inn on

595-526: Is featured in Thank You, Jeeves . Eventually, Sir Roderick Glossop opened his clinic at the Hall, after his marriage to Lord Chuffnell's aunt. Bertie Wooster stayed in the nearby cottage called Seaview Cottage, which was burnt down because of Brinkley . Chuffnell Regis is a fictional village featured in Thank You, Jeeves . The nearest village to Chuffnell Hall , it is located in Somerset ("Somersetshire" in

630-527: Is later residing at Berkeley Mansions in Thank You, Jeeves , though he is obliged to leave after making noise with his banjolele. Bertie apparently returns to the building, as he is residing in Berkeley Mansions in the later novel The Code of the Woosters and specifies that he lives in 3A Berkeley Mansions in Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit . In the 1979 What Ho! Jeeves radio adaptation of Jeeves and

665-405: Is not straight, so the club could be "round the corner" and still on the same street.) Aside from socializing, the club's main activities are bridge and the writing and perusal of the club book, which has been in existence for more than eighty years and has reached its twelfth volume. According to Rule Eleven of the club's constitution, every member must record information about their employers in

700-474: Is the preparatory school at Bramley-on-Sea where Bertie Wooster , Kipper Herring , Bingo Little , Freddie Widgeon, Gussie Fink-Nottle and Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright studied in their earlier years. During their education, the school was presided over by the Rev. Aubrey Upjohn . The name comes from the real school which P. G. Wodehouse attended from 1891 to 1893. A fictional company owned and run by Lord Tilbury ,

735-524: The Bank , and Frozen Assets . In Frozen Assets , Halsey Court is said to be located just round the corner from Barribault's . The fictional home of Ukridge 's Aunt Julia , Heath House is a large mansion near Wimbledon Common , set back from the road in the seclusion of spacious grounds. Ukridge lives there from time to time, in between being thrown out by his aunt for his misdeeds. The grounds are in much demand for dancing societies and charitable fetes. Among

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770-479: The Feudal Spirit , the telephone number for Bertie's flat is Mayfair 2631 (as spoken to a telephone operator), though no telephone number is given for the flat in the original stories. In A Pelican at Blandings , Galahad Threepwood lives in Berkeley Mansions, on the fourth floor. Galahad had previously lived in a flat in Duke Street, St James's . Wodehouse briefly lived in a flat in Berkeley Street in 1922,

805-562: The High Street in Market Blandings , the Emsworth serves fine ale and makes an ideal meeting-place for conspirators not wishing to be overheard, as well as providing accommodation for anyone wishing to be near Blandings Castle but lacking an invitation. There is a busy bar downstairs, and a more genteel dining-room on the first floor, with comfortable armchairs ideal for anyone in need of

840-739: The Mammoth is based at Tilbury House, Tilbury Street (off Fleet Street ). The company's output is large and varied, from the gossipy Society Spice to the children's Tiny Tots , and includes newspapers such as the Daily Record , magazines like Home Gossip , and book imprints like the British Pluck Library , home to the adventures of Gridley Quayle, Investigator . Employees at various times include Tilbury's timid son Roderick , briefly editor of Society Spice , Percy Pilbeam , Roderick's capable assistant who later takes over as editor, Ashe Marson,

875-474: The club book. Information in the club book about Roderick Spode proves crucial in The Code of the Woosters . The club book was said to have eleven pages on Bertie Wooster . The total eventually ballooned to eighteen pages, before Jeeves agrees to destroy the pages on Bertie in Much Obliged, Jeeves . A monthly luncheon is held at the Junior Ganymede. Jeeves is asked to chair the luncheon, which entails delivering

910-599: The club was inspired by The Running Footman, a pub that was frequented by butlers, valets, and other servants in Mayfair in the 1920s, located in Charles Street (not far from the eastern end of Curzon Street). The pub is now named The Only Running Footman , or The Footman for short. King's Deverill is a fictional village near Deverill Hall . The village is featured in The Mating Season . Malvern House Preparatory School

945-516: The grounds as a child; there are too many statues there. The Junior Ganymede Club is a fictional club for valets and butlers, of which Jeeves is a member. The club is located in Curzon Street in Mayfair , as stated in three novels and one short story. In Much Obliged, Jeeves , while Bertie and Jeeves are in Curzon Street, Jeeves says that the club is "just round the corner". (Curzon Street

980-555: The grounds of the Castle, much to Lord Emsworth 's horror (not only does his garden become an inferno of children, tents and paper bags, but he is required to wear a top hat and make a speech). Blandings Parva is also known for taking in children from London in need of fresh air, such as Gladys and her brother Ern. The fictional country house of Tom and Dahlia Travers , Brinkley Court is located near Market Snodsbury in Worcestershire , near Droitwich , eight miles from Pershore and about

1015-624: The novel). In the village is the Seaview Hotel, which has the telephone number Chuffnell Regis 294. See Dreever Castle below. The Demosthenes Club is a fictional gentlemen's club in Cocktail Time and Ice in the Bedroom . A respectable and dignified institution, it is located across the street from the more boisterous Drones Club . Members of the Demosthenes include Sir Roderick Glossop and John Shoesmith, Freddie Widgeon's employer. It

1050-488: The same year that the story showing Bertie living in Berkeley Street (in Crichton Mansions), " Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch ", was published. Blandings Castle is a fictional location central to many P. G. Wodehouse stories. It is an idyllic country house. A small fictional hamlet near Blandings Castle . The people of the village enjoy much revelry at the annual School Treat, held on August Bank Holiday every year in

1085-481: The staff of the house have been, at times, the likes of Oakshott the butler , and "Battling" Billson , a temporary handyman, and James Corcoran is rarely welcome there. The house is occasionally called "The Cedars" in later stories. The fictional Hampshire seat of Frederick Twistleton, Earl of Ickenham , where he lives much of the time, his wife Jane (Countess of Ickenham) having forbidden him to visit London lest he wreak his usual havoc. Polly Pott gambolled in

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1120-446: The television series Jeeves and Wooster , exterior shots of Brinkley Court were filmed at Barnsley Park , Gloucestershire in series 1 and Hall Barn , Buckinghamshire in series 4. All interior shots of Brinkley Court were filmed at Wrotham Park , Hertfordshire. The Travers family's address in London, 47 Charles Street, was the same address where Ian Hay , who collaborated with Wodehouse on three plays, lived in 1926. Bumpleigh Hall

1155-617: The tourist and fishing trade. Local points of interest mentioned in the novel include The Belpher Arms, the village tavern, and Belpher Castle, the home of the aristocratic Marshmoreton family since the Wars of the Roses . Berkeley Mansions, Berkeley Square , London W1 , is a fictional Mayfair residential building in the Jeeves stories, being the residence of Bertie Wooster . In an early story, Bertie lives at 6A, Crichton Mansions, Berkeley Street, W. but

1190-610: The writer of the Gridley Quayle stories, Joan Valentine, sometime editor of Home Gossip , and Sam Shotter , who worked for his neighbour Mr Wrenn , editor of Pyke's Home Companion . Monty Bodkin is deputy-editor of Tiny Tots at the start of Heavy Weather , thanks to his uncle Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe meeting with Tilbury at a public dinner; Archie Gilpin was an occasional contributor. Lavender Briggs and Millicent Rigby have both acted as Tilbury's secretary. Public House Too Many Requests If you report this error to

1225-497: Was based on the Athenaeum Club in London. Deverill Hall is a fictional country house with Tudor architecture , located in Hampshire , in the village of King's Deverill . The setting of The Mating Season , Deverill Hall is the residence of Esmond Haddock, Dame Daphne Winkworth , and her sisters, Emmeline, Charlotte, Myrtle and Harriet, as well as Dame Daphne Winkworth's daughter Gertrude. Jeeves's uncle Charlie Silversmith

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