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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
Bakers exhibition opens in Islington. The confectioners and bakers exhibition has opened at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington
(damaged caption) A new cafeteria - or help yourself restaurant. A new concept brought in from the Untied States when the consumer can put what they would like on a plate
Refrigerators keep apples in condition. Equipped with giant refrigerators and all the latest equipment, a great new storehouse for apples has been built in the extensive orchards a Cockayne Hatley
A grocer selling a variety of exotic fruit and legumes with a window sign in multiple languages, Soho, London, England. undated
Reassuring his customers. Typhoid scare in south London. The typhoid scare is now so grave in south London that a greengrocer in Newington Butts
A wine waiter fixes his bow tie. undated
A man wants to impress his lady friend but two waiters produce the bill to the couple after dinner and the male diner was only intending to tip one. What does he do? 21 February 1948
Mrs. Temperley prepares a pie in the kitchen of the Globe Tavern. A state owned pub in Longtown, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. December 1948
Joe, the landlord, brings up bottles of beer from the cellar to sell at the Globe Tavern. A state owned pub in Longtown, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. December 1948
Where our war time dishes are invented an experimental kitchen at Grosvenor House started by the Ministry of Food, where all new recipes or suggestions for new methods of cookery are tried
Greek cooking at the White Tower restaurant in London comes from Italian chef, Dionisio Camillo 5 September 1956
Waiters collect orders in the kitchen for the first course of a state banquet, Avocado Pears and Shrimps. Mansion House, London, England June 1954
Lamouille, assistant chef of the Ritz Hotel for ten years reads out the orders of the day to kitchen staff as they prepare for another day of culinary excellence. 7 October 1950
Irene Heckman, a waitress at the Lyons Trocadero, lays extra table settings on the instructions of banqueting superintendent Maggi. 1949
