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English afternoon tea (or simply afternoon tea) is a British tradition that involves enjoying a light meal of tea, sandwiches, scones, and cakes in the mid-afternoon, typically between 3:30 and 5 pm. It originated in the 1840s as a way for the upper class to bridge the gap between lunch and a late dinner.
Bromley. Macfarlane, Alan & Iris (2003) Green Gold: the Empire of Tea. Ebury Press, London. Maggs, Ken & Paul De’Athe (1984) South Norwood and the Croydon Canal. North Downs Press, Westerham. New edition available as a download from www.cleis.org.uk; Mazawattee Tea Co. Ltd (c. 1934) The History of Tea. The Mazawattee Tea Co. Ltd., London.
As well as the tea shops and Corner Houses, Lyons ran other large restaurants such as the Angel Cafe Restaurant in Islington and the Throgmorton in Throgmorton Street in the City of London. Its chains have included Steak Houses (1961–1988), Wimpy Bars (1953–1976), Baskin-Robbins (1974–present) and Dunkin' Donuts (1989–present).
On Friday 22 July 1842, Charles and Emma visited Down House. They slept at a little "pot-house" in the village, which was also "a grocers-shop & the land-lord is the carpenter", and returned to London on Saturday afternoon, then on the Sunday Darwin wrote to tell his sister of their first impressions. Though there were plenty of trains on the ...
Hayes is a suburban area of southeast London, England and part of the London Borough of Bromley.It is located 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Charing Cross, to the north of Keston and Coney Hall, west of Bromley Common, south of Bromley town centre, and east of West Wickham.
Bromley, commonly known as Bromley-by-Bow, is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, located on the western banks of the River Lea, in the Lower Lea Valley in East London. It is an inner-city suburb located 4.7 miles (7.5 km) east of Charing Cross .
Name Location Type Completed [note 1] Date designated Grid ref. [note 2] Geo-coordinates Entry number [note 3] Image; 1 and 2 Commonside Keston: 29 June 1973: 1068719: Upload Photo
Bromley: War memorial: 1922: 14 December 1995 1116976: Bromley War Memorial, St Martin's ...