Cliff Cafe, Cliftonville Lido, Margate, England 1950s

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Cliff Cafe, Cliftonville Lido, Margate, England 1950sThis is a wonderful example of the golden age of lidos in Britain, the large recreational centres that were built when sea bathing was a popular leisure pursuit. With indoor or outdoor pools, these huge complexes had changing facilities, cafes and bars. This menu is from the Cliftonville Lido in Margate, Kent, and it gives a wonderful and nostalgic snapshot of life in the 1950s. Splash about in the indoor pool filled with salty water and then have

Shake well and strain into cocktail glass

It only operated during the summer and opened for one additional night on New Year's Eve

Patrons sat in red leather banquettes in a wood-paneled dining room

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in 1856 by Richard Leggy Wheeler

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Before the invention of mini bars

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