Bradford Football Club Annual Ball 1885 Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) at 3 Rue de Castiglione

at 3 Rue de Castiglione

This incredibly colorful and cheerful menu suggests that a grand fiesta was to be had while dining at Fonda Santa Anita

outdoor exercise and sun-bathing was the key to health and happiness

Tudor roses and crowns

the restaurant chain opened the Vita Sun Café

Bradford Football Club Annual Ball 1885 Sizes:A3 (297x420mm) Archival Print (Unframed) at 3 Rue de CastiglioneThis 1885 menu illustrates how wealthy the northern English city of Bradford was at the end of the 19th century. Hence British playwright and poet T. S. Eliot's line from The Wasteland: "As one on whom assurance sits, as a silk hat on a Bradford millionaire." The rugby football club's annual ball was a real feast. Attendees were offered five different roasts, two pies, two boiled birds and the local Yorkshire ham. There was a choice of two great