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… of all places! A favourable review of their breakfast fare.
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They go into the history of the place:
“The Ace, in its original incarnation, was built in 1938 as a transport café to feed truck drivers on the A-road network. In 1940 it was bombed, then in 1949 completely rebuilt in a sort of odd hybrid Deco/Jetsons style. Because the lorries rolled day and night, particularly in the days before motorways, tachographs and Working Time Directives, drivers needed food, drink and bathrooms round the clock, and because it stayed open all night, when all other attractions were firmly shut, the Ace drew the new “teenagers”. Young working-class kids on cheap motorcycles, looking for excitement, eggs and bacon.”
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They go into the history of the place:
“The Ace, in its original incarnation, was built in 1938 as a transport café to feed truck drivers on the A-road network. In 1940 it was bombed, then in 1949 completely rebuilt in a sort of odd hybrid Deco/Jetsons style. Because the lorries rolled day and night, particularly in the days before motorways, tachographs and Working Time Directives, drivers needed food, drink and bathrooms round the clock, and because it stayed open all night, when all other attractions were firmly shut, the Ace drew the new “teenagers”. Young working-class kids on cheap motorcycles, looking for excitement, eggs and bacon.”
