More detail here of a cyclists typical tearoom which must have added sparkle to their teastops.  Charlie always seemed to be perpetually broke, (financially speaking), but still they ordered meals everywhere though I suspect that some of the meals were just bread and butter.  My cycling started in the early 1950’s and any idea of being able to wash the road dust off at teaplaces was long gone (doubtless due to fully sealed roads), but the other change was that we carried our own sandwiches (no one could afford to buy a proper meal anyway).