ON THIS DAY

FROM THE DAILY MAIL ARCHIVE SEPTEMBER 12, 1950

Catering firms managing Festival of Britain restaurants have been told: ‘Serve good, wholesome British food’. The world’s visitors will be able to enjoy roast beef, steaks, joints, steak- and- kidney pies, puddings, tarts. And plenty of tea.

SEPTEMBER 12, 1969

THE British Overseas Airways Corporation is offering American bachelors blind dates with English girls as part of a sales drive. Its ‘scientific matching service’ will also fix up American girls with British men. Travellers list their sex, age, hobbies and interests on a form, which is handed to a London computer dating firm. BOAC said: ‘We hope that the accent is on entertainment rather than sex.’