Anyone remember Nippies? Lyons Corner House waitresses from the 50s? I used to drop into the Lyons Corner House between Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square on Coventry Street and admire them in their little black and white dresses and caps as I had a cup of tea on my way to the theatre and Kismet or The King And I.
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