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Beachcomber (May Fair Hotel), London, England (restaurant) |
Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3930
From: Santa Barbara, CA
|  Posted: 2010-03-18 5:46 pm Permalink
Name:Beachcomber (May Fair Hotel)
Type:restaurant
Street:Berkeley Square
City:London
State:
Zip:
country:England
Phone:
Status:defunct
Description:
This Beachcomber restaurant was located in the May Fair Hotel in London and was not affiliated with the Butlins Beachcomber bars. I have two postcards showing the great interior of the restaurant and bar.
There has been some interest in the very rare collectible items from the Beachcomber on TC lately, including:
The Salt and Pepper shakers
Which can be seen in the postcard
The plates from photos posted by atomictonytiki
Which can also be seen in the postcard
The Mugs (from photos posted by atomictonytiki)
The Swizzle
The menu with the Mayfair's Marquesan logo Tiki posted by Bigbro
Look forward to seeing photos of the mugs and plates come forward some day.
DC
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Dustycajun
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Posts: 3930
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-03-18 7:45 pm Permalink
I checked out the British website that had some of the images of the Beachcomber and there are two really great video clips of the interior. You can see the mugs and the salt and pepper shakers.
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=1550
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=1552
Here is a screen grab of the Kava Bowl that was served at the Beachcomber, what a beauty.
DC
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54 house of bamboo
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Posts: 291
From: Cambridge UK
| Posted: 2010-03-19 07:12 am Permalink
The music video for ABC's Poison Arrow was made there in 1982
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbmd0j_abc-poison-arrow_music
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54 house of bamboo
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Posts: 291
From: Cambridge UK
| Posted: 2010-04-10 03:05 am Permalink
In a mixed lot of swizzles bought for £1.04 from Ebay...
Was a Beachcomber Bar stirrer. At last!
There were also three 'Hecho en Cuba' sticks - two Barcardi branded and one dancer from the Tropicana.
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Dustycajun
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Posts: 3930
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2010-04-11 08:56 am Permalink
House of Bamboo,
Great score on the swizzle, now you just need to find one of the mugs and a plate!
DC
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54 house of bamboo
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From: Cambridge UK
| Posted: 2010-04-12 01:26 am Permalink
I won't hold my breath, DC!
I went to look around a year or so back. The hotel spa is where the Beachcomber was, I believe. I had a very expensive rasul and steam room treatment... not a sniff of any tiki!
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Zeta
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Joined: Feb 13, 2007
Posts: 2030
From: Atlantis/Basque Country/Spain/Mexico
| Posted: 2010-07-13 11:42 pm Permalink
An old related thread: http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=528&forum=1&4
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
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Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2784
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2010-10-20 6:28 pm Permalink
Spotted this complete lot on eBay a few years ago:
Appetizer Menu 
Dinner Menu
Drinks Menu
Matchbook
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bigbrotiki
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Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10562
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2010-10-20 8:47 pm Permalink
Have we ever seen the inside of the drink menu? I do not recall....
Can someone post it here?
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atomictonytiki
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Joined: May 14, 2002
Posts: 1267
From: Bangkok
| Posted: 2010-10-22 5:56 pm Permalink
I do believe Trader Jim of Pocketiki won these, c'mon Jim give us a peep!
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Dustycajun
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Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3930
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2011-01-02 10:08 am Permalink
Here is another matchbook style from the Beachcomber.
 
And two of the Crypto mugs that sold on ebay as posted by Atomictonytiki.
 
Still waiting to see the inside of that drink menu.
DC
[ This Message was edited by: Dustycajun 2011-01-08 06:18 ]
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bongofury
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Joined: Oct 15, 2002
Posts: 1478
From: Ventura County
| Posted: 2011-01-08 07:59 am Permalink
Another matchcover that Tikiwagon sent to us
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Kon-Tiki Viking
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Joined: May 20, 2004
Posts: 91
From: Somewhere Beyond The Sea
| Posted: 2011-10-07 09:13 am Permalink
Been meaning to post this photo from the Beachcomber for a while...sorry it's not a good repro but it captures the tropical pool area and the panoramic backdrop quite well. Every half hour the whole area would darken and there would be a tropical downpour into the pool. According to the head barman the baby crocodiles that swam in the pool would escape into the bar area now and again...
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atomictonytiki
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Posts: 1267
From: Bangkok
| Posted: 2011-10-15 11:36 pm Permalink
The Beachcomber was used in the filming of "The Comic Strip presents: Slags"
Starring Antony Stuart Head
You can watch the whole thing on You Tube..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT-E1DXXOUI
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Kane Tiki
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Posts: 54
From: Sydney, Australia
| Posted: 2011-12-07 10:21 pm Permalink
the above image is in the latest issue of timeout Sydney, accompanying this article...
http://www.au.timeout.com/sydney/the-bridge/features/10075/kinga-arthur-delaney
I'm posting from my iPhone so apologies for the formatting!
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