Cahill's, Sydney, Australia 1970s Odeon Born in Kensington Palace in

Born in Kensington Palace in 1819

The satirist H L Mencken is said to have called the martini "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet

Even if patrons were not as glamorously dressed as this couple on the front cover

had a change of name and eventually closed and burnt down in 1980

Cahill's, Sydney, Australia 1970s Odeon Born in Kensington Palace inBrother and sister Reg and Theresa Cahill opened a chain of restaurants in Sydney that operated between the 1930s to the 1970s. They were among the first restaurateurs to import Coca Cola to Australia and, apparently, the caramel sauce they served on cakes and ice cream was legendary. Their menus really were works of art fantastically illustrated maps of beautiful Sydney Harbour that many people took home as souvenirs. Courtesy Private Collection.