Valentine day eventsHere are souvenirs from three different evenings held to celebrate St Valentines day across more than half a century. Baltic Valentine menu, 1913The illustration on the right is from the menu for the Valentine Day meal on 14th February 1913 on the Baltic, White Star Line. The meal consists of hors d'oeuvres of celery, green turtle soup, Scotch salmon rémoulade, casserole of chicken à la Madrid, roast grouse, salade mercédès, pudding à l'Ambassadeur and lemon ices for dessert. Maritime Archives and Library reference DX/2123 Rialto Ballroom handbill, 1937The second illustration is a handbill for a special Valentine's evening at Liverpool's Rialto Ballroom. The text on the handbill reads:
Accession number 1988.323.159
Locarno handbill, 1963Some very lucky people who attended this event at the Locarno in 1963 can now claim that the Beatles were their Valentines! They had to share them with at least 500 ladies, but most fans of the band probably wouldn't have minded that at all. The text on the handbill reads:
Accession number MLL.2005.41.6 You can see a larger image of this handbill in the web pages for the former display Collecting the Beatles. Other romantic objects in the collection relating to the Beatles include the 'All You Need Is Love' bedspread, from John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Montreal 'Bed-In For Peace' in room 1742 of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal in 1969. In this section
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