The second in the series featuring festive menus from Blackpool hotels covering the period from the late 1940s through to 1969.
I have always planned to use them in a series but always missed the boat of featuring them at Christmas, and running the stories in April seemed a bit daft.
What I particularly like about them is the artwork, which is a style I remember so well from the period.
And to the social historian or the nosey there is an insight into what the hotels offered over the holiday.
So from 1958, Redman’s Park House Hotel began Christmas Day with “Breakfast between 8.30 am to 9.15”.
After which guests could participate in “Snooker, Billiards and Table Tennis Competitions”.
Luncheon was at 1 pm with “The Queen’s Christmas Day Broadcast on Television and Sound Radio” at 3, followed by an appearance of Father Christmas at 3,30.
At 4 there was “Afternoon Tea and the Children’s Party” with the Christmas Banquet from 7 pm.
The evening was rounded off with “Games, Sing song and the Delta Variety Show” between 8.30 pm to 12.0 midnight, finishing with two hours of “Dancing with the Band”.
Location; Blackpool, 1948-1969
Pictures; from various hotels, 1947-1969, from the collection of Suzanne Morehead
This type of design is so evocotive of an era and I would love some as pictures in my home.
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