Crocodile Bar

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

428

Date Released

11 Mar 1963

Date recorded

1 Feb 1963

Length of issue (in feet)

703

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Indoor Ski School
2. 2Propped-Up Shop
3. 3Crocodile Bar

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

NoS Summary - A tropical themed restaurant opens in London’s Mayfair Hotel.

Researcher Comments

Commentary: Away from it all - in a South Sea Island where a tropical downpour wakes the crocodiles. We drink an exotic rum concoction known as Missionary’s Downfall, or we settle for a shared Kava bowl while parrots screech. But we’re still just a stone’s throw from Piccadilly in a new Polynesian restaurant that specialises in roast suckling pigs, Hula dancers and a flaming coffee grog, laced with blazing rum. You find yourself shaking Hawaiian-style hips.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Written sources

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Pathe Pictorial Issue Sheets   Used for commentary

Credits:

Commentator

Tim Brinton

Length of story (in feet)

379

Story extras:

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