Cranston's Tea Rooms Ltd., Glasgow : advert in Motoring in Scotland : Volume 11 - Burrow's "R.A.C." handbooks, c1914
In the years before the outbreak of World War 1 "motoring" started to be one of the popular pastimes of the 'well-off' and upper classes. This can be seen in this series of motoring guides produced by the Cheltenham based publishers E J Burrow & Co Ltd in conjunction with the Royal Automobile Club and this, the Scottish volume, in connection with the Scottish Motoring Club. The various volumes give details of routes and destinations, including maps, and are peppered with adverts for motoring services to be found on the way - important then in the early days of motoring when to be able to find a mechanic or petrol supplies was vital - as well as for hotels and for 'goods' useful for motorists; these include accessories and clothing suitable for motoring. The guides are written by Charles G Harper who was a well known travel writer.
E J Burrow's became a prolific publisher of guides and handbooks, often "official" in that they were produced in conjuction with local authorities or organisations. This is interesting in that it notes amongst their addresses Bradford as as the fact their London Agent was Percy Lund, Humphries & Co Ltd. I suspect this small format book may have been printed at Lund Humphries 'County Press' and had not previously been aware of some link between the two companies.
Can there be any more iconic name in connection with Glasgow's Tea Rooms than that of Cranstons? It even gets a mention in the 1938 GPO documentary "Night Mail". This advert however relates not to Miss Catherine - or Kate - Cranston whose Tea Rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh are the stuff of legand, but the chain founded and owned by her brother Stuart Cranston. Both siblings followed their father's footsteps into the business of tea and tea rooms. Stuart died in 1921, his sister despite having given her tea rooms up in 1918, outliving him until she died in 1934 leaving a substantial estate to 'the poor of Glasgow'.
Cranston's Tea Rooms Ltd., Glasgow : advert in Motoring in Scotland : Volume 11 - Burrow's "R.A.C." handbooks, c1914
In the years before the outbreak of World War 1 "motoring" started to be one of the popular pastimes of the 'well-off' and upper classes. This can be seen in this series of motoring guides produced by the Cheltenham based publishers E J Burrow & Co Ltd in conjunction with the Royal Automobile Club and this, the Scottish volume, in connection with the Scottish Motoring Club. The various volumes give details of routes and destinations, including maps, and are peppered with adverts for motoring services to be found on the way - important then in the early days of motoring when to be able to find a mechanic or petrol supplies was vital - as well as for hotels and for 'goods' useful for motorists; these include accessories and clothing suitable for motoring. The guides are written by Charles G Harper who was a well known travel writer.
E J Burrow's became a prolific publisher of guides and handbooks, often "official" in that they were produced in conjuction with local authorities or organisations. This is interesting in that it notes amongst their addresses Bradford as as the fact their London Agent was Percy Lund, Humphries & Co Ltd. I suspect this small format book may have been printed at Lund Humphries 'County Press' and had not previously been aware of some link between the two companies.
Can there be any more iconic name in connection with Glasgow's Tea Rooms than that of Cranstons? It even gets a mention in the 1938 GPO documentary "Night Mail". This advert however relates not to Miss Catherine - or Kate - Cranston whose Tea Rooms designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh are the stuff of legand, but the chain founded and owned by her brother Stuart Cranston. Both siblings followed their father's footsteps into the business of tea and tea rooms. Stuart died in 1921, his sister despite having given her tea rooms up in 1918, outliving him until she died in 1934 leaving a substantial estate to 'the poor of Glasgow'.