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Fortnum & Mason, London 1957This delightful image of a hot air balloon soaring over a mews was on the front cover of a 1952 menu for the famous Fortnum & Mason department store in Piccadilly, London. Co founder William Fortnum started out as a footman in the household of Queen Anne (1665 1714) and the Royal familys insistence on having new candles every night resulted in large amounts of half used wax being left over, which the intrepid Fortnum resold. Fortnum also had an

Some stayed for short periods of time

Prices averaged 15 cents for a glass of wine and 25 cents for a cocktail

to hear the visiting entertainers who never refuse to entertain at Coffee Dan’s

The hippo server and the crocodile bringing the drinks were part of Vimar’s contribution to the fashion at that time for fantastical art images – later this style of artwork became known as magical realism

the hallucinogenic drink that was known by its nickname Green Fairy

under the direction of Mr Wrigley who correctly foresaw this little paradise as a popular leisure destination

Due to a shortage of funds and materials

it’s nice to sit down in a restaurant and have something good to eat … cooked by a pelican

This charming Cunard menu cover is from 1961 and the prices of wine in the interior menu are in old English shillings and pence

Leacock and Co Inc ceased trading in the 1980s

She was eventually scrapped in 2002

Winston Churchill

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