Menu: Gala Night on board the S.S. Chusan
Object
Menu
Production date
1951
Object number
2024.142
Physical Description
Two page leaflet. Front cover has a colourful illustration of a bouquet of flowers containing a white, red, pink and yellow roses in the centre and red, pin and yellow roses towards the top, with green foliage around them. On the inside left cover in a printed menu. On the right side is handwritten text in green ink. The reverse has printed text, providing information about the rose illustration on the cover.
Object history
This menu shows the meal offered to Kidar Singh Sharma on his journey from Mumbai to London in 1951. In a postcard to his family in Clapton (2024.151) he said the food on board was very good, so this is a an example of what he was enjoying. He noted the acquaintances he made in the 'Autograph' section of the menu.
Associated Organisation
P & O Ferries (Subject of)
Associated Person
Jamdagni, Kidar Singh (Mr) (Used by)
Material
Card
Dimension
Width: 144mm
Height: 217mm
Height: 217mm
Credit line
From the Jamdagni family archive
On display?
No
Inscription
Front cover:
K.S. Sharma 17.10.51
Inside Left:
P&O
Gala Night
Dinner
Grape-Fruit with Maraschino
Consomme Sevigne
Cream of Tomato
Dover Sole Nicoise
Baked Ham, Madere
Asparagus Hollandaise
Roast Capron with Corn Sauce and Stuffing
Potatoes - Rosette / Fondante
Brussels Sprouts
Cold - Roast Lamb / Yale Pie / Salad
Pouding Royale
Strawberry Melba
Dessert
Coffee
S.S. "Chausan"
Wednesday, October 17th. 1951
Inside Right:
Autographs
[two names handwritten]
Reverse:
The Rose
The rose first appeared on the Great Seal of England in Edward IV's reign. A red rose and a white were chosen as their badges by the two rival houses of Lancaster and York during the struggle for the English crown. it was at the end of this 33 years' War of the Roses that the houses were united, on the marriage of a Princess of York with a Prince of Lancaster. Horticulturalists obligingly provided an apt symbol in the cultivation of "The Rose of York and Lancaster," with flowers partly white and partly red.
K.S. Sharma 17.10.51
Inside Left:
P&O
Gala Night
Dinner
Grape-Fruit with Maraschino
Consomme Sevigne
Cream of Tomato
Dover Sole Nicoise
Baked Ham, Madere
Asparagus Hollandaise
Roast Capron with Corn Sauce and Stuffing
Potatoes - Rosette / Fondante
Brussels Sprouts
Cold - Roast Lamb / Yale Pie / Salad
Pouding Royale
Strawberry Melba
Dessert
Coffee
S.S. "Chausan"
Wednesday, October 17th. 1951
Inside Right:
Autographs
[two names handwritten]
Reverse:
The Rose
The rose first appeared on the Great Seal of England in Edward IV's reign. A red rose and a white were chosen as their badges by the two rival houses of Lancaster and York during the struggle for the English crown. it was at the end of this 33 years' War of the Roses that the houses were united, on the marriage of a Princess of York with a Prince of Lancaster. Horticulturalists obligingly provided an apt symbol in the cultivation of "The Rose of York and Lancaster," with flowers partly white and partly red.
