Cost of living support
Colchester City Council is providing support for residents facing the cost of living crisis.
Colchester City Council is providing support for residents facing the cost of living crisis.
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A feature of the Oyster Feast has always been the illustrated menus which include a list of toasts, the programme of music and lunch menu. Between 1940 and 1950 food rationing prevented a banquet being held.
Menu from 1896 where the former Liberal Prime Minister Lord Rosebury was a guest
Menu from 1906
Menu from 1906
Menu from 1924. Catharine Alderton was the first female mayor in Colchester
Menu from 1947. Councillor L M Worsnop’s ‘alternative’ Oyster Feast during rationing
Menu from 1950 when food rationing had ended, and the Oyster Feast was re-established
Menu from 2005
Menu from the last Oyster Feast in 2019
Page last reviewed: 26 October 2020