Sign - Railway Refreshment Room
Object detail
Description
A rectangular wooden sign with a white painted background. The sign features blue, green and red paint and the writing on the board is all hand painted. The sign is from the Toowoomba Railway Station.
Classification
COMMERCE Advertising sign
Maker
Measurements
H457 x W457 x D10mm
Media/Materials description
Wood
Paint
Paint
Signature/Marks
Railway Refreshment Rooms
COME & ENJOY OUR \ HOME COOKED COUNTER MEALS \ 11.30 AM - 1.30 PM, MON. - FRID. -
BAKED \ DINNER \ DAILY \ 'EXCEPT \ WEDNESDAY!
...IN OUR SPACIOIUS... \ HISTORIC DINING ROOM
OPEN AT \ 10AM \ FOR \ MORNING TEA. \ FOR MORNING TEA
COME & ENJOY OUR \ HOME COOKED COUNTER MEALS \ 11.30 AM - 1.30 PM, MON. - FRID. -
BAKED \ DINNER \ DAILY \ 'EXCEPT \ WEDNESDAY!
...IN OUR SPACIOIUS... \ HISTORIC DINING ROOM
OPEN AT \ 10AM \ FOR \ MORNING TEA. \ FOR MORNING TEA
History and use
This sign came from the Railway Refreshment Rooms at Toowoomba Railway Station. The service operated at Toowoomba Station from 1887 to 1971.
Refreshments were often provided at railway stations for passengers as food was not available on most train services. Short stops would be made to service locomotives and load luggage and freight. Passengers could alight from the train and purchase a meal at the Railway Refreshment Room before continuing on their journey. The station at Toowoomba was one of several across the state that boasted these facilities. Roma Street, Townsville, Rockhampton and Mackay all had Railway Refreshment Rooms where substantial meals were served to railway travellers.
Renowned for their value for money, and sometimes satirised for the quality of food provided, refreshment rooms are now largely a thing of the past.
Refreshments were often provided at railway stations for passengers as food was not available on most train services. Short stops would be made to service locomotives and load luggage and freight. Passengers could alight from the train and purchase a meal at the Railway Refreshment Room before continuing on their journey. The station at Toowoomba was one of several across the state that boasted these facilities. Roma Street, Townsville, Rockhampton and Mackay all had Railway Refreshment Rooms where substantial meals were served to railway travellers.
Renowned for their value for money, and sometimes satirised for the quality of food provided, refreshment rooms are now largely a thing of the past.
Registration number
R4082
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