International Bar Fly, Playboy Club Thatched Barn, Elstree, 1960s Pig The peak year for immigration

The peak year for immigration was 1907 when more than a million people were processed

Daniel Nichols

The building was demolished in 1985

Only two per cent of all arrivals were excluded from entry

was Britain's monarch from January 1901 until his death in May 1910

International Bar Fly, Playboy Club Thatched Barn, Elstree, 1960s Pig The peak year for immigrationFor a short period in the 1960s the Thatched Barn a landmark hotel on the outskirts of London became a very short lived Playboy Club. Close to Elstree Film Studios, the thinking must have been that stars would flock to the club and attract well to do locals as well. It was not to be, and the club closed down and the Thatched Barn returned to being a conventional hotel. An outpost of the legendary Harry's New York Bar in the club was supposed to be