The French Restaurant ; Midland Hotel, Manchester : menu card : British Transport Hotels and Catering : 1967 [c.1971] : artwork by Laurence Scarfe : inner folds

            A splendid menu card issued by the then owners of the Midland Hotel in Manchester, British Transport Hotels and Catering. The organisation had high standards for its publicity and publications that followed on from guidelines set down by the predecessor organisation, the British Transport Commission. 

The Midland Hotel in Manchester was long regarded as the 'best' hotel in the city and sat, adjacent to the Town Hall, in front of the great train shed of Manchester Central Station. This had opened in 1880 under the Cheshire Lines Committee of which the Midland Railway was a constituent. The hotel, designed by architect Charles Trubshaw, opened in 1903. The menu card is designed by Laurence Scarfe ARCA FSIA (1914 - 1993) was a Yorkshire born designer and artist. One thing that stands out here is the quality of the printing, especially on the cover, that uses metallic inks to produce an almost 'paint stroke' effect. It was most likely printed at the Curwen Press in Plaistow, London.

The Midland Hotel, now in private ownership, is still in business. The menu, as was the vogue, is in French, even down to the fact that Bill Haywood would play requests for you as you ate!

Taken on: February 28, 2024

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Sets appears in: • The French Restaurant - Midland Hotel, Manchester : menu card c.1971 - artwork by Laurence Scarfe • Menus and wine lists more » • British Transport Commission Hotels & Catering Sevices • Manchester « less

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