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Tea blending competition at grocers exhibition. The tea blending opens to masters, managers and assistance for The Grocer Challenge Cup is in progress at the Grocers Exhibition
Sharing the bill A man shouldn t, in these enlightened days, be embarassed when his girl slips him her share of the evenings bill. 13 May 1950
Thomas Hardys nephew refuses literary career to be a chef. Novelist widow leaves him £2000Thomas Hardys nephew refuses literary career to be a chef. Novelist widow leaves him £ 2000. Refusing to follow in the footsteps of his famous uncle, Thomas Henry Soundy
Traffic lights control diners. Lunch hour crowds at Millbank restaurant eat to Stop and Go signals. 29 January 1935
Not a merry christmas for the Hyde Park sheep. Sheep which have been contentedly grazing in Hyde Park are leaving their urban pasture to provide christmas fare for an Essex butcher
A waiter serves two ladies at lunch in Le P tit Monmartre, Marylebone Lane, London, England 9 August 1958
A woman milks a cow into a bottle for a drink at an early milk bar which was also a sweet stall and served aerated waters. photograph by Harold Bastin c.1890
A motorist looking at the sign at the entrance to the town of Eger, the Sudetenland Storm Centre, Czechoslovakia. The Czech name of the town - Chob - has been painted out
Britains first railway station snack bar opened at Paddington. The first lunch and quick snack bar for passengers at a British railway station has been opened on number 1 platform at Paddington
Viennese bakers begin work in London. 5, 000 rolls a day for exhibition. Four Viennese bakers are producing 5, 000 rolls and loaves everyday at the National Austrian exhibition
Where hospitable custom of a century survives. Free ale and bread for wayfarers. Survival of the old monasteries where wayfarers were given food and shelter for the night
In the kitchen of the restaurant car, the chef M. Roche consults the Maitre d Hotel about breakfast. undated
A girl peeling apples in a kitchen. c. 1908
Customs workers at a bonded warehouse in London, England. undated
Bees and honey at show at Crystal Palace. The National show of bees and honey is in progress at the Crystal Palace, London. Photo shows a bee keeper smoking bees out of a hive. 1934
Patients receive a Christmas treat, a glass of beer, at the Livingstone Hospital in Dartford. 1937
Sir CHarles Burdett and Baroness Poppy Rednig Von Trebnitz run restaurant in the city. Sir Charles Burdett, with Baroness Poppy Hedwig von Trebnitz, and Miss Grace Corwell
Man with a pint of beer at the Blue Anchor in Helston, Cornwall, England. 11 April 1956
The canteen at the Austin Motor Works where workers queue up to be served. Longbridge, Birmingham, England 1947
Miss F. Newitt, landlady of the Crown pub in Chipstead, England. 11 December 1948
Stefan, the wine waiter at the de l Elysee in Percy Street, Soho, London, England 18 October 1945 Elysee Restaurant 13 Percy Street Fitzrovia London, W1T 1DP
Londoner who still wear hats and coats !. They work in the cold storage. Even in this scorching August there is one place in London where hats and coats are still welcome
Man looking through the wines and spirits in the off licence department of the Globe Tavern. A state owned pub in Longtown, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. December 1948
Michael Bushell, the youngest competitor at age 15, is splashed with champagne by second place Guido Adorne, after winning the Soho Fair waiters race from Soho Square to Greek Street whilst carrying
Preparations for the Bakers exhibition in Islington. Preparations for the confectioners and bakers exhibition are in progress at the Royal Agricultural hall, Islington
The Imam eating during the Feast of Sacrifice in the gardens of the Mosque in Woking, Surrey. 8 October 1916
Milton restaurant. 1937
An Ash Wednesday City of London custom. Spiced buns and beer served in accordance with ancient custom after the attendance of the Liverymen at the Ash Wednesday service at St Pauls Cathedral
Where hospitable custom of eight centuries survives. Free ale and bread for wayfarers. Survival of the old monasteries where wayfarers were given food and shelter for the night
A woman customer pulls her own pint of beer at The Elephant and Castle, London, England. June 1959
Brewery workers with a brewers dray take a break from work for a portrait at the Thames Bank Distillery in Grosvenor Road, Millbank, London, England. c.1870
Judging honey at Crystal Palace show. 1934
Brewery workers take a break from work for a portrait at the Thames Bank Distillery in Grosvenor Road, Millbank, London, England. c.1870
Roasting an ox in Gloucester. 30 June 1938
Pierre Gironde after success in Paris wins the London waiters race through the streets of Chiswick ending in the Polytechnic Stadium whilst carrying a tray of champagne
Womens champion runs city cafe devoted chess. Sitting tense in a silence broken only by the rattler coffee cups, chess friends have found a haven in a City of London cafe
Queen Mary Chef Mr J. Pearce, assisted by second chef, Mr George Thomas (left) goes over a pre-austerity menu as new and reconditioned British liners re-establish their place in the North Atlantic
Cooking Dinners. 1933
The chipped potatoes, or chips, is one of Britains great favourites and are sent down from the vegetable kitchen raw to be fried on the various restaurant floors immediately before serving. undated
The Tea Centre off the Haymarket, London 1951
A lemonade stall offering refreshments to vistors of a park. England. c.1895 Photograph by Paul Martin (d.1944)
Men of Harlech taste the wine and wash away the taste with a pint of beer. Gwynedd, North Wales. June 1964
A waitress serves a booth at Flanagans restaurant near the Victoria and Albert Museum in Kensington, London, England. May 1966
Male customers take advantage of the new gaming and betting act which makes it legal to play cards, draughts and dominoes for a small stake of money
Alice and Grace at the Edinburgh Cafe Royal which is famous for its seafood. 20 August 1949
Coffee Luncheons Teas Elevenses at a tea room in Wokingham August 1942
The Forest Tea Lodge in Longhope, Gloucester c. 1920The Forest Tea Lodge in Longhope, Gloucester c.1920
After making a special journey from the Isle of Arran, the Duchess of Montrose, welcomed by pipers of the London Scottish performed the opening ceremony of the giant new apple store installed at