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A chef at work in a London kitchen. 1947
Chef Andrew Schillar gives a dog a bone from the side entrance of his kitchen. undated
A woman barmaid pulls a pint of beer for male customers in a London pub, England. 1950s
A. H. Cadier, senior chef at the Brighton Pavilion is handed fake chickens by junior
Stravinskys secretary now runs cocktail bar with London dancer as hostess
Advertisement for Lipton Tea 1896
The Old George at 379 Bethnal Green, London, England
L Papa and Sons ice cream vendor in Gravesend, Kent. 1939
Glamour in the cellar as barmaid Lois taps another barrel of beer. 19 October 1963
La Bouillabaisse restaurant in Soho London, England. 1945
Cooking dinners at the communal ovens in the East End of London. 1933
Teaching young women cooking in a kitchen 1950s
Cat in dumbwaiter at public house in Bellingham, London. 1939
The Old Oak Tree restaurant in Cobham, Surrey, England. c. 1910
10000 barrels of rum in store at West India Docks, London, England undated
A travelling fish and chip shop for the villages. This mammoth van, owned by H. C
Ditton Court Farm - tea room counter. Ditton, Kent, England November 1947
The dinner lady serving lunch at a girls school in Orpington, Kent. 1937
Jean Boutheney, a French chef born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, chops a large pumpkin
The Kentish Horse pub in Markbeech, Kent, England 1970 s
A man with a small cart outside public house at Eversley 1906
Helsinki and personalities. Hon
The Cock Pit tea shop in Eton
A cook shop owned by Mr Bayliss in Drury Lane, London, England
Georges Bar Shell Fish Fresh Daily A queue of people wait to be served but a woman
Demonstration at a canning factory. 1935
Waiters finish off with tea or coffee as they collect orders during the lunch rush
Gathering fruit for the wine harvest in Spain in province of Navarra
A course has been set up by The Hotel and Catering Industry Training Board to train waiters
Visitors to a cafe at Carlsbad
War - but life goes on. Despite the changing fortunes of war, Burgos, seat of the
Traffic lights control diners. Lunch hour crowds at Millbank restaurant eat to Stop
Pub sign for The Merry Maidens at Shinfield, Reading, England 1960s
The Old Contemptibles childrens party. Serving the children their party food
Moments of stress in the kitchen before the start of a state banquet, Mansion House
Waiter who strikes a different note, successful composer of music in his spare time
Woodman Pub 1933
The Jacksing Chinese Restaurant at 124 Wardour Street, Soho, London, England. undated
Billingsgate Fish Market is already working at top pressure to deal with the terrific
Unemployed women learn to be canteen cooks in London
The Tea Centre off the Haymarket, London 1951
Not a merry christmas for the Hyde Park sheep
Office girls take their lunch break al fresco in a continental style table and umbrella
Helsinki and personalities
The Anglo-Bavarian Brewery in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. c. 1900
The Cosy Corner pub, a favourite with fruit market porters in Glasgow, Scotland
Canned Beer Will Take Less Space in Derby Day Hampers - Plan to Oust Bottles
Woman seeks bacon slicer championships at grocers exhibition
A barmaid cleaning a beer tankard in the Globe Tavern. A state owned pub in Longtown
Cliff Hotel, Cheddar, Somerset, England undated
John Barclay, the owner of this tea stall, is giving it away for free to anyone who
12 September 1904 W. Highfields Dining and Supper Room offered a cut from the joint for 6d
The Leicester barn at Kenilworth Castle which dates from the fifteenth century has
Young people enjoy the shandy gaff and mild an bitter served by a pub in Southend
Womens champion runs city cafe devoted chess
Knapsack tea at the cricket at Lords, London, England
The Hong Kong Restaurant at 58-60 Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho, London, England. undated
Tea blending competition at grocers exhibition. The tea blending opens to masters
Sharing the bill A man shouldn t, in these enlightened days, be embarassed when
Thomas Hardys nephew refuses literary career to be a chef
Where hospitable custom of eight centuries survives. Free ale and bread for wayfarers
Cooking Dinners. 1933
A waiter serves two ladies at lunch in Le P tit Monmartre, Marylebone Lane, London
Tea break at the Eltham Boys Boxing Club. 1936
A woman milks a cow into a bottle for a drink at an early milk bar which was also a sweet stall
A motorist looking at the sign at the entrance to the town of Eger
Britains first railway station snack bar opened at Paddington. The first lunch
Viennese bakers begin work in London. 5, 000 rolls a day for exhibition
Where hospitable custom of a century survives. Free ale and bread for wayfarers
In the kitchen of the restaurant car
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