J Lyons Popular State Cafe, Manchester, New Year's Eve 1920 Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) the entire building was torn

the entire building was torn down in phases and replaced by the current Grand Central Terminal

At its peak Childs operated 125 restaurants in 33 cities and served over 50

featured huge crystal chandeliers and the atmosphere

serving food from early morning till the last drunken revelers went home in the early hours

muted colours

J Lyons Popular State Cafe, Manchester, New Year's Eve 1920 Sizes:A1 (594x840mm) Archival Print (Unframed) the entire building was tornJ. Lyons & Co. was a British restaurant chain, food manufacturing, and hotel conglomerate founded in 1884. In 1894 the company started a teashop in Piccadilly, London, and from 1909 developed this into a chain of teashops known as Lyons' Corner Houses. The company also ran high class restaurants, founding the Trocadero in 1895, and hotels including the Strand Palace, opened in 1909, the Regent Palace, opened in 1915, and the Cumberland Hotel, opened