Pulp Librarian

@PulpLibrarian

Curator of the art, history and fiction of old dreams.

A library of the mind
Vrijeme pridruživanja: prosinac 2014.

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    1. svi 2018.

    Hello, and welcome to the pulp library, a bibliothèque of bemusement! You can find my previous threads here:

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    Bombed-out TCR. The 3rd branch of Our Price was in that tatty strip of temporary infill in the last picture. Crippled feral cats amidst the fireweed in the ruins out the back, looked after by a mad old lady who walked through the shop and out the back to feed them every day.

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    Le 31 mai 1961, ouvrait au cœur de Paris le « Wimpy », premier restaurant de hamburger en France. À l’origine du « Wimpy » en France, Jacques Borel, personnage incontournable de la restauration, qui importe cette enseigne britannique.

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  4. prije 3 sata

    And just time for a quick look at the papers...

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    I shot I load of stuff in there, a brilliant place

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  6. prije 3 sata

    Wimpy was the home of the Shanty Salad, the Big Bender and the lethal Brown Derby dessert. For many people it was a childhood right of passage and one of the few exciting places on the High Street. Its glory days may be behind it, but Wimpy - Twitter sales you!

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  7. prije 3 sata

    In its heyday the Wimpy Bar was the place to go. Even Phil Lynott hung out there!

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    In 1989 Wimpy was sold to Grand Metropolitan, who began converting many of them into more profitable Burger King outlets. Only 170 Wimpys now exist in the UK, owned by South African company Famous Brands.

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    Wimpy did have some bizarre ideas though. In the early 1970s it stopped unaccompanied women coming in on their own after midnight as they might be prostitutes. This led the Wembly Women's Lib group to storm the Golders Green branch after midnight demanding to be served!

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  10. prije 3 sata

    And no children's party was complete without a Mr Wimpy surprise: normally a badge and a comic rather than a personal appearance alas.

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    Wimpy's UK mascot was Mr Wimpy, an orange figure dressed as an oversized Beefeater. He was famous enough to feature in his own video game.

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    Under this new management Wimpy began to phase out table service and adopted the more traditional counter service of rivals McDonald's.

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    The Wimpy Bar was a well known feature of many towns and cities in Britain and Ireland throughout the 70s and 80s. In July 1977, the business was acquired by United Biscuits.

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    Wimpy built on the Lyons Corner House business model of fast table service for people wanting a quick meal: no cutlery, pre-packaged condiments and a wipe-clean table.

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    For twenty years Wimpy was the dominant hamburger chain in the Britain. McDonald's would not enter the UK market until 1974, followed two years later by Burger King.

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    And in 1954 the company sold a license to J. Lyons & Co - owners of the Lyons Corner House - to use the Wimpy name in the United Kingdom.

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  17. prije 3 sata

    The Wimpy chain originally began in 1934 in Chicago. The name was inspired by the character of J. Wellington Wimpy from the Popeye cartoons created by E. C. Segar.

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  18. prije 3 sata

    Today in pulp... I visit the Wimpy Bar! Oh it was the future once...

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    More from shabby old London another time...

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  20. prije 3 sata

    Pubs I hope they hang on to: Bradley's Spanish Bar, Hanway Street, North Soho. Please don't turn it into a Byron's...

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  21. prije 3 sata

    Pubs I still miss: The Intrepid Fox, Wardour Street, Soho. They turned it into a Byron's...

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