The Roost, Atlantic City 1946/7 Liverpool Audiences were packed into theatres

Audiences were packed into theatres on Broadway - Cole Porter’s Broadway Melody of 1940 was a big hit - and afterwards couples would head to jazz clubs or to restaurants like The Music Bar on 96th Street to eat

tight bodices and full-length skirts felt safe enough to go shopping and meet for lunch without male companions

Josephson not only trademarked the name

BOAC was merged with British European Airways (BEA) in 1974 to form British Airways

This 1973 menu

The Roost, Atlantic City 1946/7 Liverpool Audiences were packed into theatres"Check yer table manners at the door" Humour was an important part of marketing restaurants in the 1940s and this is a marvellous example from The Roost, a restaurant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It depicts a chicken standing in front of a judge and jury of its peers and hearing the announcement Guilty Sentenced To Fry. A court bailiff stands to the side, ready with a frying pan behind its back. Of course, this might be deemed rather cruel humour by