At around the same time that Canadian Pacific introduced its palace menus, it also began using menus featuring inns and pubs. While the palace menus had color illustrations on the covers and were used for dinners, the inn menus had black-and-white sketches and were used for lunches.

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This menu, featuring an inn called the Lion, was used on the same eastbound sailing as the two palace menus shown here yesterday. The Lion Hotel is still operating, though it appears to have been thoroughly remodeled and modernized since 1953.

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The Woolpack Inn dates back to at least 1818, when it was called the Shakespeare Tavern as it was located near a theater. In around 1822, it came under the management of George Wooley, who renamed it Woolpack Tavern. I’m not sure when it closed, but today the building is occupied by a bakery. This menu was used on westbound voyage of the Empress of Scotland on June 21, 1953.

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Located in the beautiful Wye Valley about 30 miles south of Manchester and 180 miles northwest of London, the Sloop Inn was originally a cider house built in 1707, but has been a pub and inn since at least the mid-19th century and is still operating today. This July 1, 1953 menu was used on a westbound trip of the Empress of Australia.