Zephy's Summer Holidays This Year: London; Paris; Le Havre; New York. "Tis A Hard Life".

"Summer Holiday".

Cliff Richard and The Shadows.

1963.

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The ever-reliable and faithful Chauffeur Perkins

prepares to take Zephyrinus off to London for the start of The Summer Holidays.

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English: Saint Pancras Renaissance London Hotel.

Formerly called The Midland Grand Hotel, which opened in 1873.

Deutsch: St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel.

Photo: 19 June 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: LepoRello

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The '"Golden Arrow" leaving Victoria Station. London .

The celebrated De-Luxe (all-Pullman Carriages) Continental Boat Train to

Folkestone Harbour, which connected with the Ferry-Boat to Calais, thence an arrival

that evening in Paris at 21.40 and in Monte Carlo at 05.30 the next morning -

a really civilised way to travel to The French Riviera.

The Locomotive, bedecked with headboard, Union Jack and French flag, is one devoted to the job: BR Standard '"Britannia" Class 4-6-2. No.70004 "William Shakespeare".

Photo: 5 September 1953.

Source: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2052605

Attribution: Ben Brooksbank

Author: https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/44502

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English: The visit of Queen Victoria to Paris in 1855 and the Dinner offered by

Emperor Napoleon III in The Opera House of The Palace of Versailles on 25 August 1855.

Français : Visite de la reine Victoria à Paris en 1855,le souper offert par Napoléon III

dans la salle de l'Opéra du château de Versailles, le 25 août 1855.

Artist: Eugène Lami (1800–1890).

Collection: Palace of Versailles, Paris, France.

Source/Photographer: RMN.

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"The Queen Mary" Sails To New York (1937).

Gracie Fields ("Our Gracie") sings.

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The Queen of Art Deco.

1930 Chrysler Building, Manhattan, New York.

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Radio City Music Hall,

Rockefeller Center, New York City.

Photo: 22 October 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: UpstateNYer

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Faithful old Chauffeur Perkins (bottom, Right) and chums, during his Summer

fishing holiday in The Scottish Highlands, whilst waiting for Zephyrinus to return.

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