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Elder Dempster
Pensioners'Association
Dinner Service
The Elder Dempster dining service offered separate child and adult menus for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as cocktail parties for guests.
Dining aboard the ships appears to have been a luxurious occasion, with illustrated menus detailing the selection of meals on offer. Meals were accompanied by music in the dining rooms and much of the crockery and silverware was decorated with the Elder Dempster name or logo.
Children could even choose from animal shaped menu cards and meals were served on a circus animal themed dinner service.
In later years, the Elder Dempster Pensioners’ Association produced a lively newsletter and hosted get togethers. This began with an annual informal lunch, which developed into an October Luncheon and a Ladies Luncheon.
Dinner Service Gallery
An autographed farewell dinner menu, with attached pencil, for passsengers of T.S.S. SARPENDON, dated 28th October 1928.
A lunch invitation for S.S. WINNELA, from The Directors of Elder Dempster Lines Limited, dated 18th July 1957.
A silver Elder Dempster ice bucket.
Two Elder Dempster playing cards.
The four of hearts playing card with Elder Dempster design on reverse.
A two of hearts Elder Dempster playing card.
The five of hearts playing card with a golden Elder Dempster design on reverse.
A three of diamonds Elder Dempster playing card.
A seven of spades Henderson Line playing card.
The King of Diamonds playing card with "Egypt-Sudan-Burma" written on front.
An Elder Dempster eight of diamonds playing card.
An Elder Dempster ten of clubs playing card.
Silver dessert dish.
Silver goblet.