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DRESSED VEGETABLESStuffed tomatoes - Vegetable Marrow a la creme - Spinach - Potato Croquettes - Haricot Beans - Tossed Mushrooms - Wafer Potatoes - New Carrots and White Sauce. Bon appetit! Date: circa 1900
STRAWBERRY DISHESServing strawberries on their own, or with other fruit. Date: early 20th century
TWO TOMATO DISHES For carnivores - Bacon and tomatoes For vegetarians - Potato and tomato salad Date: circa 1930
TANGERINE SOUFFLE The trick with this dish is to get it to go up without letting it come down. Date: circa 1930
CREAMED POTATOES & PEAS CREAMED POTATOES & PEASCreamed potatoes and peas, topped off with a poached egg. What could be nicer? Date: 1950s
STUFFED EGG SHIPSShip-shaped savoury boiled eggs, filled with egg yolks mixed with mayonnaise and cooked rice. Date: 1950s
BAKED ONIONS & TOMATOES BAKED ONIONS & TOMATOESBaked onions and baked tomatoes, served with cheese and peas, with the option of gravy. Date: 1940s
JACKET POTATOESStuffed baked potatoes, an excellent supper dish for a cold evening. The potatoes can cook without attention and the filling can be left waiting until a moment before serving. Date: 1940s
VEGETARIAN DISHA vegetarian dish, including brussel sprouts, creamed potatoes, diced turnip and other unidentified vegetables. Date: 1930s
COLD CHICKEN SALADThe rather unappetising combination of chicken in aspic and cold salad. Date: 1940s
VEAL FRICASSEEHerb-flavoured veal fricassee, served in a casserole dish, garnished with a lemon slice, mushrooms and tomatoes. Date: 1960s
GLAZED VEAL SALADA cool summer dish - glazed veal pie, garnished with a salad of chopped lettuce, cucumber and eggs. Date: 1930s
POACHED EGG & PEAS POACHED EGG & PEASThe rather unappetising combination of poached egg, mashed potatoes and peas. Date: 1940s
ASPARAGUS SALADAn intriguing salad combination - asparagus, slices of hard boiled egg and peas. Date: 1940s
FRESH SALADA fresh salad, including lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, onions and raddishes. Date: 1930s
STUFFED TOMATO SALADTomatoes stuffed with cottage cheese, served with watercress, lettuce, etc. Date: 1930s
TOMATO SANDWICHESDainty brown bread sandwiches with tomato slices on top of them Date: 1930s
THIN SLICED SANDWICHESA plate of very thinly-sliced sandwiches on white bread, artistically arranged on a doyly. Date: 1940s
EGG AND ONION SALADEgg and onion salad: Stuffed (with radishes or mushrooms?) eggs, onion rings, garden peas and sliced tomatoes. Date: 1960s
TOMATO SOUP & TOAST TOMATO SOUP & TOASTA tempting arrangement of tomato soup and toasted soldiers for three, with matching soup bowls, spoons and serviettes. Date: 1960s
TWO GAME DISHESTwo game dishes: casserole de puree de gibier (above), and chartreuse de perdreaux (below). Date: circa 1890
GALANTINE OF TURKEYGalantine of turkey. Date: circa 1890
POULARDES A LA GODARDPoulardes (hens) a la Godard. Date: circa 1890
SHELLFISH PLATTERBuisson de coquillages - a magnificently presented shellfish platter. Date: late 19th century
BEETROOT WITH CELERYBeetroot served with celery. Date: circa 1914
SALMON W / MAYONNAISESalmon with mayonnaise. Date: late 19th century
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKEStrawberry shortcake, seen here in close-up, is served for dessert at the dinner table. Date: mid 20th century
HASSALL FOOD PREPAREDPacking the Hassall Food at Messrs Goodall, Backhouse and Cos manufactory, no doubt located somewhere in Yorkshire Date: circa 1865
GLASS 18TH CENTURY 6GLACES The marchoir where the earth is prepared Date: 1765
WW2 - Entente Cordiale - Somewhere in France. A British Driver makes a new friend who has already taken it upon herself to decorate his truck with lavish garlands of flowers! Date: circa 1939
The Standard of England - Girl Guides Association. Date: circa 1940s
WW2 - Machine Gunner on a Boulton Paul P. 75 OverstrandWW2 - Britain Prepared Machine Gunner on a (then rather archaic) Boulton Paul P.75 Overstrand, the last of the twin-engine biplane medium bombers of the Royal Air Force
Hawkins electric hostess trolley advertisementAdvertisement for the Hawkins Electric Hostess Trolley for gracious living, enabling you to entertain with dignity even when domestic help is not available
King Edward VIII in his coronation robesKing Edward VIII (1894-1972), later Duke of Windsor, fictitiously pictured in his coronation robes, a painting by Albert Collings which was to appear in the pre-prepared Coronation Record Number of
HMS Wren - Admiralty modified W class destroyerHMS Wren (D88/I88) was an Admiralty modified W class destroyer built for the Royal Navy. She was ordered in April 1918 from Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited under the 13th Order for Destroyers of
WW2 Poster -- Malaria Strikes the UnprotectedMalaria Strikes the Unprotected, Darkness brings Danger, Be Prepared. Colour photolithograph poster published by the Times of India Press, Bombay, warning against malaria
Cartoon, Be Prepared! WW1Cartoon, Be Prepared! Showing a member of the Womens Emergency Corps in a shop, asking the assistant for a gross of safety pins in the early days of the First World War. Date: September 1914
Gloster Meteor F4 EE454 BritanniaGloster Meteor F4, EE454, Britannia, as prepared for its successful attempt on the world speed record, 606mph
Chocolate Cake 1932Chocolate cake as it should be - thanks to McDougalls self-raising flour. Date: 1932
Kings Scout certificateA Kings Scout certificate, with the Royal Crest at the top, signed by King George (V or VI). The wording reads: As a Kings Scout you have prepared yourself for service to God and your fellow-men
Haman HangedHaman, his scheming against the Jews revealed by Esther, Jewish wife of the emperor Ahasuerus, is hanged on the gibbet he had prepared for his Jewish opponent Mordecai
Stone of Anointing, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, JerusalemThe Stone of Anointing (also Stone of the Anointing or Stone of Unction ) within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Ecclesia Sancti Sepulchri)
It pays to be adventurous ? Territorial and Army Volunteer RIt pays to be/ adventurous/...Do yourself a/ power of good/ in the/ Territorial/ and/ Army/ Volunteer/ Reserve.Colour photolithograph recruiting poster
Barnardos Labour House - Discharging a Cargo of WoodA cargo of wood is transferred from a barge onto wagons for Barnardos Labour House, London. The home prepared older boys for emigration to Canada. Date: circa 1905
The King Arthur ordering the banquet preparation for Knights of the Round Table. Manuscript. Roman the Tristan. 15th century. French
Patients waiting for VAD transportThree stretchers with patients are on the ground at the back of some vehicles. The patients have probably just arrived by ambulance train at Ramsgate Town Station
Archibald GilchristARCHIBALD GILCHRIST Edinburgh haberdasher and Volunteer - prepared to repel a French invasion... Date: CIRCA 1794
Summer PuddingSummer pudding can be made with any small fruit, but is especially nice with stewed, sweetened blackberries and sufficient juice to moisten bread, pressed overnight. Date: 1930s