Of all the sin corners of Nairobi in colonial times, there was one that had a reputation as the dungeon of sleaze and s,x.
But in government documents it was simply Plot 643, Section II - Portion 209.
The owner of the establishment, Col Ewart Grogan - (the man who built Getrude’s Children’s Hospital) named this hotel after its manager Joseph Ewart Torr, dispensing with the tradition that pioneer settlers had adopted of naming their enterprises after themselves.
To the clientele, it was simply Torr’s.
Today housing CfC Stanbic Bank on Nairobi’s Kimathi Street, the Torr’s had in 1928 been given two licences by Ukamba Licensing Area chairman, F.R.C. Marshall: A hotel liquor licence and a general retail liquor license.
But there was more to Torr’s than met the eye.
It was the place for soldiers, the police and railway officers who found their Railway Club too official and Muthaiga Club and Nairobi Club too elegant.
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