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Coffee House, East End of LondonA coffee house near Jubilee Street in the East End of London. Its window contains both English and Hebrew text. There are advertisements for R. Whites Lemonade and Kaola
Copper MouldsCopper jelly and cream moulds - the more elaborate cost as much as 18 shillings, a great deal of money in those days, 30 or more in year 2000 term"
Clochnaben WhiskeyClochnaben whiskey, produced by James Hunter of Banchory, Scotland
Advert / Goblin WhiskyGoblin Scotch Whisky
Champagne Michel Gonet, Epernay, Champagne, FranceVilla Signolle, Champagne Michel Gonet, on the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, Champagne, Marne, Grand Est, France. The Avenue de Champagne is a 1km long street lined with mansions owned by champagne
Worthington's India Pale Ale (Foster Probyn Logo)
Star Brewery Brown Ale
Ind Coope Allsopp Finest Burton Ale (Hand Up logo)
Hardy's Nut Brown Ale
Hansons Special Mild Ale
Crowley & Co Alton Oatmeal Stout
Four comedians: Eric and Ernie, Eric Sykes and Max WallFour popular British comedians: from left to right, Ernie Wise (Ernest Wiseman, 1925-1999), Eric Sykes (b 1923), Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholomew)
Patriotic Bovril advertisement during WW2Patriotic Bovril advertisement during the Second World War -- Cheers! Date: 1940s
BOTTLING HEINZ PICKLESBottling Heinz pickles in a factory in Pittsburgh, America. Date: 1906
Cider pressingTower to crush the apples and old cider press in Normandy in northern France. Date: circa 1870s
Tabby kitten with liqueur bottleUnusual Friends - tabby kitten with liqueur bottle. 1950s
Susi - drinking beer. 1950s
Asprey non-spill drink sets and trolleys advertisement, 1935Advertisement for a variety of cocktail trays and trolleys from the luxury brand, Asprey, in chrome and glass, all of which have the nifty advantage of never spilling your drinks
Nautical Christmas CakeCaptain Hover, the Master of the Goodwin Lightship, with a Christmas cake modelled in the shape of the lightship, the customary gift of Mr. E.A. Anderson of Broadstairs. Date: 1930s
Berry Boss & Rudd Wine Merchants Berry Boss & Rudd WineBerry Bros & Rudd Ltd, Britains oldest wine and spirit merchants, trading from the original building which opened in 1698
Fancy dress partyFront cover of Pan magazine, featuring three adults in fancy dress, enjoying a glass of Vermouth. Date: 1920
Firefighters outside mobile kitchen, WW2Firefighters enjoying a mug of tea outside a mobile kitchen presented to the National Fire Service by the Order of the Eastern Star, Manitoba, Canada, during the Second World War
Hungry Peter the pigs dinner party, with Tabitha the cat, Humpty and Dumpty the rabbits, two ducks (the Quacks), and two dogs (Rags and Forager) gathered round a long table. Date: 1914
Prohibition -The vision 1920In these days even " Spirits" have their " Ghost". Satire in a British periodical, depicting Uncle Sam thinking about when alcohol was freely available
Poster advertising the Vauxhall Light Six car -- the car for happy days. A family of five have driven out to the countryside for a picnic
Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Bride and Parents-in-Law. The bride performing a rite of drinking sake with her husbands parents in order to express the true heart of loving each other tenderly as
Japanese Wedding Ceremony series - Drinking SakeJapanese Wedding Ceremony - Bride and Bridegroom each drink Sake nine times to fasten the ties of matrimony - the most important ritual act in marriage. Date: circa 1910s
Brittany - Local Bretons dance around a jug of local ciderBrittany - Inebriated Local Bretons (and a pair of pigs) dance around a jug (pitcher) of local cider. One chap (left) has certainly had a little too much.... Date: circa 1910s
Drunk man amazed his tankard contains beer and not coffeeIn the Bars and Streets. Cartoon drawing by Phil May depicting a very drunk man amazed that his tankard contained beer and not coffee
Russian Villagers drinking tea (poured from a samovar) as they listen to a young gent playing an accordion. Date: circa 1906
Beerometer 1897 Date: 1897
A Little Supper Party by Hal Bevan PetmanFront cover of The Bystander featuring an illustration of a flirtatious looking flapper girl, enjoying a drink and a cigarette, but, apparently, very little food
Mappin & Webb cocktail set advertisementAdvertisement for cocktail and liqueur sets by Mappin & Webb featuring two men and a woman enjoying drinks around a cocktail cabinet. Date: 1927
Children enjoying a drinkAdvertisement postcard for Ovaltine. When John and I at battle play. Artist: Phyllis Cooper Date: circa 1921
Gilbeys Ports advertisementBold and striking advertisement for Gilbeys port with two bottles and a glass of their finest helping to make the face of a grinning clown. Date: 1927
Silhouette, Enough to Make a Saint SwearEnough to Make a Saint Swear -- silhouette showing a monk annoyed to see that a cat has knocked over a jug of milk and is lapping it all up
THE LITTLE DRIVER PUBThe Little Driver public house, Bow Road, east London. Date: early 1900s
YE OLDE FIGHTING COCKSYe Old Fighting Cocks, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, a quaint old hostelery which claims to be the oldest unaltered house in the country. Date: early 17th century
Three daytime outfits by Drecoll, Poiret and JennyThree women in the latest day wear. On the left, a black scoop neck dress with large red rose to the side, by Drecoll. In the middle, a white, red and black print dress and black coat
Breakfast Tray 1930SA wonderful breakfast set in dainty china, served on a wicker tray. A napkin, the morning post and a copy of The Sphere. What more could one ask for? Tea and toast? Date: 1930s
Coffee PlantCoffee plant, showing the berries, which contain the coffee beans
Huntsman takes a stirrup cupA lady offers a huntsman of the South Devon Foxhunt - mounted on a fine white horse - a traditional stirrup cup drink from a tray. Date: circa 1980
Boating party, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South WalesA boating party off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales. They have gone out to view an old wreck (visible just behind them), and are having a break for refreshments
Breakfast by Muriel DawsonA jolly little girl with brown hair and eyes sips from a mug decorated with a painting of a cockerel
Tours to Mesopotamia (Iraq) with Thomas Cook & SonCover illustration for Tours to Mesopotamia (Iraq) under the management of Thomas Cook & Son Ltd, showing a group of three men brewing mint tea in a Middle Eastern street scene
Poster advertising Matthew Gloag & Son of Perth, Scotland -- famed for ports -- with a scene of port being loaded on the River Douro in Portugal
Cocktails by BairdA wonderful, stylised illustration showing a fashionable flapper girl not only drinking a cocktail but hallucinating about them also
Bell and Mackerel PubThe Bell and Mackerel public house, Mile End Road, east London, at one time a famous museum and noted for its coaching proprietor. Sadly, demolished in about 1910