Bettys Café Tea Rooms
Art Deco tea room modelled on an ocean liner, with a wartime mirror engraved by bomber crews.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Bettys Café Tea Rooms in York starts with a sheet of mirror glass in the basement and the names cut into it. It follows Frederick Belmont, a Swiss confectioner who sailed on the Queen Mary's maiden voyage in nineteen thirty-six and came home with an idea for a café on St Helen's Square. Wartime York, bomber crews and a basement bar all turn up along the way. Listen from a table where you can see the wood panelling and pillars.
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