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Wassailing Apple TreesIn Devon and Somerset, apple growers wassail orchards on 17 January, with songs and a bucket of hot cider; a tree is lightly sprinkled, then the wassailers drink the rest
Three Women DrinkingThree happy women enjoy an alchoholic drink; one has a beer, one a glass of wine, and one spirits
Goblin WhiskeyGoblins whiskey
DRUNK MONKA portly monk with a moustache smiles to himself as he prepares to drink a glass of wine or a similar tipple
Cat Stealing HerringsA naughty cat stealing fresh Margate herrings off a barrow!
Roman orgy to celebrate the SaturnaliaRoman men and women having an orgy to celebrate the Saturnalia, held in honour of the god Saturn. Date: circa 1st century
Advert, Gaskell & Chambers Ltd, Bar FittersAdvert for Gaskell & Chambers Ltd (incorporated with Yates & Greenways), Bar Fitters, Manufacturers of Beer Engines and Hotel Bar Requisites, Counters, Back Fittings, Seating
Advert, William Teacher & Sons, Whisky, ScotlandAdvert for William Teacher & Sons, Scotch Whisky Distillers, Blenders and Exporters, Ardmore Distillery, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. 1905
Glenlivet Scotch Whisky distillery 1890Six thousand barrels of whisky in a bonded warehouse on the ground floor, Edinburgh, Scotland, proprietors Andrew Usher and Co. 1890
Teenage barmaid, Halfway House, Rame, CornwallTeenage barmaid at the Halfway House, Rame, Cornwall. circa 1980s
Kempinski / ChampagneGreetings from Kempinski - one of Berlins best-known hotels : an enraptured lady clutches two bottles of Kupferberg Champagne Date: early 20th century
A glamorous female model with her trusty Goblin TeasmadeA stylish female model wakes up fresh-faced and ready now to face the day thanks to a few sips from a hearty brew prepared by her faithful bedside Goblin Teasmade. How Delicious! Date: 1960s
Silhouette of a landlord and his dogSilhouette of a pub landlord with a glass of beer in his hand, his dog sitting at his feet. An advertisement for Worthington beer
Silhouette of men in a pubThe Lads of the Village -- silhouette of men enjoying a drink of beer in their local pub. An advertisement for Worthington beer
Silhouette of a head waiter with a full glass of beer in his hand, and a cat at his feet. An advertisement for Worthington beer
Silhouette of barmaid and customer in a pubThe best drink is the last drink -- scene at 10pm in The Crown, Harrogate, with a barmaid, a customer and his dog
Silhouette of a man entering a country pub at the end of the day. An advertisement for Worthington beer
Automat Dining Room - Broadway, New York, USAAutomat Dining Room - 1557 Broadway, New York, USA. Horn & Hardart was a food services company of the USA noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia and New York City
Jester carrying a wassail bowlA jester in red and blue costume, carrying a wassail bowl and enjoying the aroma coming from it. Wassail was a medieval drink, a kind of punch made from hot mulled cider
Woman Butcher 1920SA young British female butcher proudly displays her freshly slaughtered pigs, hanging from their hooks. Date: 1920s
Tea Samovar, RussiaRussian couple drink tea from a samovar Date: 1913
Sober Amongst the Drunk" I m condemned to drinking nothing but Vichy Water..." ; the lament of a sober man in between two tipsy young women. Date: 1921
Say when - David DugginsIllustration showing a terrier puppy dispensing soda water and a drink, possibly whiskey to a choosy looking feline companion
Advert / Camp Coffee 1890SCamp Coffee is still the best
Advert for Whitbread Pale AleWHITBREADs PALE ALE featuring Gertrude Lawrence and Douglas Fairbanks Jnr at Grosvenor House
Can Openers, Skewers EtcCan openers, sharpening steels, cutlet bats/beaters, larding pins, trussing needles, hatchet, skewers and steak tongs
London Gin Palace 1820Tom and Jerry at a London Gin Shop, drinking Blue Ruin with a variety of fellow-customers
Poster advertising China Tea, marketed by the Compagnie Coloniale. A smiling Chinese man in traditional dress, with a long pigtail, sits on a large tin of tea enjoying a steaming cup
Advert for Lyles Pure Soluble CocoaAdvertisement showing a smiling young woman wearing a tam o shanter and fur collar coat holding a steaming hot cup of Lyles Cocoa made by Abram Lyle & Sons Ltd of 21 Mincing Lane, London
Barclays Lager AdvertBarclays London Lager
Advert / Mackesons StoutMACKESONs STOUT Milk stout
Art / Hogarth / Roast BeefTHE GATE OF CALAIS, OR, O THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND a satire on the well-fed English versus the poorly- fed French
Pressing Cider ApplesThe Pound-House of a Devon cider farm : on the right is the mill, and on the left is the press where the mock of crushed apples is built into a square heap for pressing
Claridges Hotel MenuA dinner menu from the Claridges Hotel, London
1940S Housewife CookingA housewife cooks on a simple stove in a bare and austere kitchen, adding milk to the pan she is stirring
Dolly of the Chop HouseWily owner of the chop house in Queen s-head-passage, London, Dollys fame was such that she is remembered in print. Here she pours herself a medicinal drop of something
Champion Beer DrinkerA German champion beer drinker downs a huge tankard of beer!
18th C French KitchenSeveral cooks work in a French kitchen to prepare and bake pies and pastry, a hare and a bird pie of some kind, perhaps pigeon
Primus StoveTHE PRIMUS STOVE North, South, East or West Primus is best
Gordons Gimlet Cocktail advertisementAdvertisement for pre-mixed Gordons Gimlet Cocktail. A gimlet traditionally includes gin, lime and soda. Date: 1935
Soho, London - rear entrance of NCP, Peter Street W1Soho, London - two people relaxing outside the rear entrance of the NCP car park, Peter Street W1. 1973
Kellys Cellar, Belfast, Northern IrelandScene inside Kellys Cellar, a public house in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: 1969
Gabriel Masselin, WaiterGabriel Masselin served as a waiter at the Grand-Vefour, Paris, for over thirty years. Date: 1879
Wine Waiter Opens BottleThe wine waiter opens a bottle Date: 1878
Poster advertising Ryst Armagnac. Date: 20th century
London Kebab HouseDining outside a Kebab House on Charlotte Street, central London. Date: late 1960s
Two biplanes with resting crew, IraqTwo biplanes in the desert with their crew resting and drinking, somewhere in Iraq
Typical Scene in PubA typical pub scene - one drunk gets aggressive, another over-cheerful; young children purchase drink and old women gossip... and the landlord pours