Refreshment Collection (page 3)

Men at a refreshment cart on a Christmas and New Year card
Men at a refreshment cart in the street on a Christmas and New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Photograph of Bell Inn, Kennett, Cambridgeshire. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub

Ryde - Isle of Wight - The Pier and Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

The Crooked House Pub, Himley, Staffordshire
The Crooked House Pub, Himley, near Gornal Wood, Staffordshire, England. Showing the refreshment room Date: 1900s

Coffee stall on Western Front, France, WW1
A coffee stall brought from London to the Western Front in France during World War One, with soldiers gathered round it. Date: circa 1916

Metropolitan Police officers in the station canteen
A group of Metropolitan Police officers relaxing in the canteen at West End Central police station during a tea break. Included in the photograph are PCs Ian Fletcher, John Foxley, Arthur Webb

Blackpool Beach / 1979
The sand is crowded with families enjoying the summer. An oyster bar and ice cream van provide refreshment

Selling sarsaparilla from a horse and wagon, 1903
Selling drinks of sarsaparilla from a horse and wagon, 1903, in London. Date: 1903

Parkhurst Prison - Refreshment Break
Inmates of Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, take a rest from their labour for refreshment. Date: circa 1900

G Collins - Confectioner - Refreshment Room & Cyclists Rest. Date: circa 1909

WW2 poster, British Rail catering information, with a cartoon by Fougasse. Food was rationed for British Rail, as for everyone else, and Refreshment Baskets were discontinued. circa 1940s

Dale View Refreshment Rooms, Millers Dale, Derbyshire
Dale View Refreshment Rooms, Millers Dale, Wormhill, near Buxton, Derbyshire, England. Date: 1900s

Soldiers Refreshment Bar, Victoria Station, London, WW1
Soldiers crowding into the refreshment bar at Victoria Station, London, where they are served by Red Cross workers. 1915

The Ship Inn, Wincle, Cheshire, in April 1908 - a scene virtually unchanged to this day as the Ship still serves refreshment to travellers over a hundred years on. Date: 1908

Blitz in London -- aftermath of bombing, with some people sorting through the rubble and others stopping for a refreshment break. Date: 1940s

Fire station staff in meal break, London, WW2
Fire station staff having a meal supplied from a mobile canteen van in a school playground in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Firefighters on refreshment break, Wapping, East London
Firefighters on a refreshment break next to a canteen van at Wapping, East London, during a serious fire on 25 September 1935. Date: 1935

Tea break for AFS man and woman, London, WW2
Tea break for a man and woman of the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), standing by a canteen van in London, Second World War. Date: 1940s

Firefighters outside canteen van
Firefighters outside a canteen van with mugs of tea. Date: 1933

Refreshment vehicle at Lambeth HQ
Refreshment vehicle at the new Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth, probably during the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth for the opening of the building. Date: 1937

Ploughmans Lunch
A ploughman takes a well- earned lunch break during the autumn ploughing season on a farm in Essex, England. Date: 1930s

William Lithgow - 5
WILLIAM LITHGOW, the Wonderful Traveller, is offered refreshment during his travels. Though depicted on horseback, in fact he made his journeys on foot. Date: 1582 - 1650

Cherry Blossom and refreshments in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan
Cherry Blossom and a refreshment stall (with seating) in Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

USA Tea Car providing refreshment for bombed-out famillies
WW2 - The morning after - no homes, no gas, or water - but a USA Tea Car is there with hot tea and refreshment to care the children and families affected following the devastating raid

Canteen van - tea for anti-aircraft gun crew
Raiders overhead! Mugs of tea provided from a canteen car - the greatest boon to anti-aircraft crews, who, month after month stuck by their guns and shot down so many Luftwaffe aircraft

Scamp cheekily drinks a Gentlemans tipple whilst distracted
" Why don t we have Open-air Cafes? So pleasant to takes ones refreshment in the open air." (vide newspapers) Date: 1895

Boy provides straightforward answer when quizzed by Uncle
Uncle John - " Well, Bobby, how did you manage to get out so soon?" Bobby " Leg Before, Uncle." Date: circa 1890s

Singapore - Rickshaw puller takes a breather and grabs some refreshment from a conveniently-located stall which appears to be serving drinks and snacks. Date: circa 1920s

Eton V Harrow 1881
Refreshment time at the Eton and Harrow cricket match, as much a social as a sporting event Date: 1881

Royal couple given refreshments at Lambeth HQ
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth being given refreshments at a catering lorry during the opening of the new Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth

LCC-LFB Canteen van at Colonial Wharf fire
Hungry and thirsty firefighters gathering for refreshments at the Brigades canteen van following a major fire at Colonial Wharf

LCC-LFB canteen van at Lambeth LFB HQ
Located at Lambeth fire station, the London Fire Brigade canteen van which attend major fires and incidents to provide the firefighters with light refreshment

Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and Hospital. Print shows receipt for donation of $20.00 from Master George Morton Moore to Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon

Interior and exterior views of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon hospital, southwest corner of Washington and Swanson avenues, Philadelphia. Date ca. 1863

Volunteer refreshment saloon, supported gratuitously by the citizens of Philadelphia, Pa. Date c1862 Feb. 12

Cooper shop volunteer refreshment saloon. Date c1862 Jan. 12

Good Cheers, Women war work, World War II by Helen McKie
Jolly illustration by Helen McKie showing a female ATS worker serving cups of tea to a sailor, an airman and a soldier during World War II. Date: c.1940

Garden Party at Buckingham Palace, 1927
A panoramic view of a large number of guests strolling in the grounds of Buckingham Palace at a Garden Party given by King George V and Queen Mary in 1927. Date: 1927

Robinsons Barley Water advertisement, 1927
Advertisement for Robinsons patent barley water with lemon, refreshing tennis players since the 1920s. Date: 1927

Epping Green Fox Meet
Hunt riders and their hounds meet for refreshment outside a pub at Epping Green, Essex, England, before the fox hunt. Date: 1930s

Railway Refreshment Truck
A rather elaborate railway refreshment truck with urns, a glass cabinet and small railings around each shelf to keep refreshments from falling out

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Refreshment seller
Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Streetside Refreshment seller Date: circa 1910s

French Survey Algeria
The French whilst surveying the Sahara, stop for refreshment at an oasis Date: 1906

Nursery, rhyme, The Queen of Hearts, Caldecott, 2 of 8
all on a summers day

Mess Room, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Scene in the boys mess room on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

Refreshment rooms in Bath
Creeses variety restaurant in Bath, south-west England, owned by E Baily, offering among other things Frys Cocoa and chocolate, and dinners such as peas, potatoes and faggots

Aix-les-Bains - Source de St Simon
Refreshment Bar (Tap Room) of the Source de St. Simon - Aix-Les-Bains (Savoie), France

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