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John Barclay, the owner of this tea stall, is giving it away for free to anyone who wants it as it cost him nothing. An old taxi shelter
12 September 1904 W. Highfields Dining and Supper Room offered a cut from the joint for 6d, stewed eels, jellied eels and tripe and onions
The Leicester barn at Kenilworth Castle which dates from the fifteenth century has been converted into a refreshment room for visitors. 23 September 1931
Young people enjoy the shandy gaff and mild an bitter served by a pub in Southend on Whitsun holiday. 15 May 1948
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
Knapsack tea at the cricket at Lords, London, EnglandKnapsack tea at the cricket at Lord s, London, England. As a spectator losing your seat for a cup of tea is a poor prospect but Bartletts in close co-operation with the tea bureau of London have
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, 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
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
The Cock Pit tea shop in Eton
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
Cat in dumbwaiter at public house in Bellingham, London. 1939
Cooking Dinners. 1933
A waiter serves two ladies at lunch in Le P tit Monmartre, Marylebone Lane, London, England 9 August 1958
Tea break at the Eltham Boys Boxing Club. 1936
Billingsgate Fish Market is already working at top pressure to deal with the terrific demand for Good Friday fish. The approach of the Easter festival means greatly increased work for Billinsgate
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
Canned Beer Will Take Less Space in Derby Day Hampers - Plan to Oust Bottles. Canned beer is to make its appearance in Derby Day hampers
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 Old Oak Tree restaurant in Cobham, Surrey, England. c. 1910
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
Pub sign for the Stork at Rest near Gravesend, Kent, England 4 January 1969
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
