Papers of Cyril Richard Cole [PRG 1710/9] • Manuscript
Troglogytes' Dinner Party menu.
Dinner party menu featuring watercolour illustration of the Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge, by F.W. Baldwin on the front. The inside features the logo for 'P.&O.' The Old Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company and their coat of arms, which includes the royal colours of Portugal and Spain, the Oriental rising sun, and heraldic figures representing countries linked by the P.&O. mail services, Britain, India, China, and Australia, and the Latin motto 'Quis nos separabit' (What will separate us). Under the title 'The Troglodytes' Dinner Party' are listed the menu items with names and initials written in pencil next to each. On the right side are autographs from the guests at the dinner party, including Cyril Richard Cole. On the back page is a caption for the illustration on the front. The dinner party was held on Saturday 13 July 1940 aboard the P.&O. Ship 'Stratheden' which was being used as a transport ship for allied troops during the Second World War. Original menu: 21.6 x 28.5 cm.
Troglogytes' Dinner Party menu.
Dinner party menu featuring watercolour illustration of the Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge, by F.W. Baldwin on the front. The inside features the logo for 'P.&O.' The Old Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company and their coat of arms, which includes the royal colours of Portugal and Spain, the Oriental rising sun, and heraldic figures representing countries linked by the P.&O. mail services, Britain, India, China, and Australia, and the Latin motto 'Quis nos separabit' (What will separate us). Under the title 'The Troglodytes' Dinner Party' are listed the menu items with names and initials written in pencil next to each. On the right side are autographs from the guests at the dinner party, including Cyril Richard Cole. On the back page is a caption for the illustration on the front. The dinner party was held on Saturday 13 July 1940 aboard the P.&O. Ship 'Stratheden' which was being used as a transport ship for allied troops during the Second World War. Original menu: 21.6 x 28.5 cm.
Bright's restaurant a la carte menu.
Menu for Bright's restuarant in Bristol. Visited by Cyril Cole when he served in England during the Second World War. Original menu: 25.5 x 36.2 cm.
Bright's restaurant a la carte menu.
Menu for Bright's restuarant in Bristol. Visited by Cyril Cole when he served in England during the Second World War. Original menu: 25.5 x 36.2 cm.
Bright's restaurant a la carte menu.
Menu for Bright's restuarant in Bristol. Visited by Cyril Cole when he served in England during the Second World War. Original menu: 25.5 x 36.2 cm.
Bright's restaurant table d'hote menu.
'Table of the host' menu for Bright's restaurant, Bristol. Visited by Cyril Cole when he served in England during the Second World War. Handwritten note on back: 'Souvenir of my last visit to Bristol before going north'. Original menu: 25.7 x 15.4 cm.
Bright's restaurant table d'hote menu.
'Table of the host' menu for Bright's restaurant, Bristol. Visited by Cyril Cole when he served in England during the Second World War. Handwritten note on back: 'Souvenir of my last visit to Bristol before going north'. Original menu: 25.7 x 15.4 cm.
Bright's restaurant table d'hote menu.
'Table of the host' menu for Bright's restaurant, Bristol. Visited by Cyril Cole when he served in England during the Second World War. Handwritten note on back: 'Souvenir of my last visit to Bristol before going north'. Original menu: 25.7 x 15.4 cm.
Christmas greetings card.
Christmas card featuring the Forestry Company badge on the front, a crossed axe and shovel inside a 'V', with 'Christmas Greetings 1941'. Two notes are handwritten in pen on the front, 'P.. regards also J... Mrs O.S.S. and P.C. 38', and 'Col. Cole and officers, R.A.E. Group H.Q.' and signature. On the inside page is a lithograph by war-time artist Ethel Leontine Gabain of female lumberjacks working at a Women's Land Army camp in Banffshire, in the Scotish Highlands. Original card: 11.5 x 33.5 cm.
Christmas greetings card.
Christmas card featuring the Forestry Company badge on the front, a crossed axe and shovel inside a 'V', with 'Christmas Greetings 1941'. Two notes are handwritten in pen on the front, 'P.. regards also J... Mrs O.S.S. and P.C. 38', and 'Col. Cole and officers, R.A.E. Group H.Q.' and signature. On the inside page is a lithograph by war-time artist Ethel Leontine Gabain of female lumberjacks working at a Women's Land Army camp in Banffshire, in the Scotish Highlands. Original card: 11.5 x 33.5 cm.