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Reassuring his customers. Typhoid scare in south London. The typhoid scare is now so grave in south London that a greengrocer in Newington Butts
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 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
The Cock Pit tea shop in Eton
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
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
Brewery workers take a break from work for a portrait at the Thames Bank Distillery in Grosvenor Road, Millbank, London, England. c.1870
London public house landlords summoned to Buckingham Palace to have licences renewed. Five London public house landlords have received summonses to attend a meeting at Buckingham Palace next week for
A hot summers day revelas al fresco dining in West End London, England. 15 May 1947
Fruit stall in the Rupert Street Market, Soho, London, England. undated
Making wine in Spain in province of Cuenca
Olga Noble-Matthews drinks from a Spanish porron as she gathers some facts to add to her pocket directories which are published in 96 pages with 200 headings
Workers bottle washing in a brewery London, England. undated
Italian Produce Company at 37 Old Compton Street, Soho, London, England. undated
Sugar beet factory at Cantley, Norfolk. 1934
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
Deep below the kitchens the endless conveyors bring endless quantities of dirty dishes for the pearl divers, as the dishwashers are called, to wash up. undated
A waiter rushes through the kitchen door with a tray of food during the rush for orders at lunch. undated
President Lebrun distributes New Year gifts to children. To celebrate the New Year, President Lebrun of France and Madame Lebrun distributed toys to Paris school children at the Elysees Palace
The One Two Three LCC civic restaurant in High Holborn, London, England. Humphrey Duffield-Harding the newly appointed London County Council Catering officer has the task of seeing that 210
Cock that charmed a butcher, is the enemy of all dogs !. Billy, cock whose charming ways appealed so much to F E Durrant, a butcher of Criclewood, London, that is now a treasured pet
A Baron of beef, weighing 30 stone has arrived at Smithfield Market on its way to the Lord Mayors banquet, which takes place on 9 November
Queue for opening of Wimbledon. Refreshment from mobile cafe. A mobile cafe provide welcome refreshments for tennis enthusiast
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
An Indian Restaurant in Soho, London, England. 31 May 1947
Judging honey at Crystal Palace show. 1934
