Holborn Restaurant Poem by Camden Local Studies published on 2020-04-20T16:01:27Z Poet Pauline Sewards reads her poem “The Waitress: 27th July 1917” – 2’ 47” (© Pauline Sewards). In 2010 Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre ran a poetry competition for poems inspired by items in our collections. Pauline’s poem won first prize. It is inspired by the Holborn Restaurant menu card of 1917 (picture attached). Dating from 1874, the restaurant stood at the junction of High Holborn and Kingsway, in London. Genre Storytelling
