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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
Portable Drinks CabinetA handy case containing whisky, Martini and gin, mixers, a bottle opener and glasses!
Cider Apple PickingCider making : collecting the grass-fruit
Rotary Club 1950SFour gentlemen enjoy a drink and a spot of socialising at the Rotary Club Headquarters, Rotary House, Portland Place, London
Chicago StockyardsCattle awaiting slaughter in the Union Stock Yards, Chicago - note the boards for Armour and Swift
Milkman Making DeliveryA cheerful milkman puts the requisite number of milk bottles onto the doorstep
Wine WaiterA waiter hurries purposely to a table bearing a bottle of wine and a set of flute glasses. From his rosy cheeks, he may have tested the vintage first
Looting Secret WhiskeyIn America, crowds loot a secret whiskey store of confiscated liquor
Blackpool Restaurant 38The Renaissance restaurant in Blackpool teems with dapper gentlemen and delightful ladies
Advertisement for Ye Olde Jacobean cafe, DerbyAdvertisement for Ye Olde Jacobean, The Wardwick, Derbys Supreme Cafe, where you need not be ashamed to meet your friends, and where you can hear the famous electric gramophone
Lady Outside Cafe 1894Lady sits drinking at a table outside a French cafe Date: 1894
Salcombe, DevonDrinking in a pub garden, or the exterior seating area for a Hotel Bar at Salcombe, Devon. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd
Hop Pickers 1907Workers in a Kentish hop garden sorting hops from a large basket into an upturned umbrella
Paris Ladies CocktailsTwo fashionable ladies sit at a bar in Paris, sipping cocktails and chatting to the barman
Picnic in the CountryA party of three with dog enjoy a picnic in the countryside, having been transported there by their new Ford Anglia car
Advert / Vat 69 WhiskyVat 69 - Quality Tells
Sugar Loaf Late 19CMaman is watched by her daughter as she cuts a lump off the sugar loaf : at this time, sugar was supplied in cones which were broken off as required
Advert / Elephant CoffeeElephant Brand French Coffee
Advert / Gilbeys WhiskyGilbeys Spey-Royal Whisky - worth fighting for
Barmaid in Smoky PubA barmaid serves a customer in a smokey London pub. On the back wall is a fine selection of spirits while in the foreground, punters chat among themselves
Outside Cafe TortoniThe fashionable Cafe Tortoni, in the rue Taitbout, where carriages stop for ladies to consume ice cream, while others enjoy theirs on the terrace
Sturgeon and CaviarSturgeon swim in the ocean, and their eggs are canned for the enjoyment of wealthy humans
Chilean Grain SellerMote (grilled grain) is sold and eaten on the street
Tabard Inn, SouthwarkSouthwark: the Tabard Inn as it looked in 1810: several centuries earlier, Chaucers pilgrims left for Canterbury from here
Breakfast in Bed 1930SSmiling woman pours herself a refreshing cup of tea before tucking into a feast of grapefruit, boiled egg from an egg cup & toast served on a tray
Tunbridge Wells PantilesThe Pantiles - known at this time as The Parade - at Tunbridge Wells, a popular spa where visitors came to drink the waters
Desclieux / Coffee PlantCaptain Gabriel Mathieu Desclieux, a French Navy Officer, uses his water ration to save a single coffee plant which instigated the entire Martinique Coffee Industry
Kamel Brand TeaWrapper for Kamel Brand Ceylon Tea
CREPE PANA flat-bottomed, shallow frying pan made for cooking crepes or pancakes to perfection
Bull & Bush, HampsteadA famous Hampstead pub, still in existence today
Pixies and FoodFive pixies come laden with food and crackers for the Christmas feast
Poster advertising Guernsey, Channel Islands - Go By British Railways. Date: circa 1960
Label, Grande Champagne Sazerac, de Forge & FilsLabel, Grande Champagne, Sazerac de Forge & Fils. 1811
Adverts, Robertsons Whisky, William McKinnon & CoAdverts for Robertsons Whisky, Dundee, and William McKinnon & Co, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1905
Advert, Arthur Bell & Sons, Old Scotch Whisky, PerthAdvert for Arthur Bell & Sons, Old Scotch Whisky, Perth, Scotland, with a curling scene. 1905
W Heath Robinson - Opening the Wine Bottle
Cliquot by Frank W Green and J RivierePromotional music sheet for Cliquot music hall song of 1870 by Frank W. Green & J. Riviere and sung by the ever-popular Alfred Vance, billed here as The Great Vance
Advertising insert, Eppss Cocoa
Advert for Wm. Corns & Son, combination Coffee Mill 1888Combination mill for coffee and spices. Date: 1888
LFB firefighters taking a tea break during their attendance at a fire. Date: circa 1950s
Still Life with Peaches and Pears Date: 1890
Glenlivet Scotch Whisky distillery 1890View of the worm tubs, where spirit vapour is condensed, at Andrew Usher & Co, in Edinburgh. Date: 1890
DEADLY TEETOTALISMDeadly teetotalism leads to a shorter life than temperate enjoyment of fine whiskey, claims an advertisement for Long Johns Ben Nevis Whiskey, distilled in Fort William. Date: 1890
SALTON SALT, USASalt mounds at Salton, USA. Date: 1901
WINE TASTING, 1820Wine tasting : assessing a fresh shipment newly arrived at the London Docks, Date: 1820
Drinking - IntemperanceGIN LANE. Date: CIRCA 1780
LUNCH AT CLARIDGES 1914Lunch at Claridges Hotel, London Date: 1914
Party of people picnicking at Henley RegattaA party of people picnicking at the Henley Royal Regatta, an annual rowing event held on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames, South Oxfordshire. Date: July 1888