| A mug of VT Tea was like the nectar of the Gods - it says here!
In the early days of the department there was plenty of time to head for the canteen for morning coffee, afternoon tea and the like, but, as bookings became more and more intense, the time for such an expedition was not available. Room was found in Area 2 (the 'old' FR area) to have a kettle and so the art of VT Tea began. The Tea Room was not just a place to make a mug of tea, but a place where expertise, not just about VT machines, but cars, radios, tv sets and, in later times, computer, could be exchanged. The one thing that any of those who left missed about VT was the sharing of information that we had all gleaned ourselves. In the late 1970s the "VT Tea" brand expanded worldwide as some of the pictures below illustrate. In "Good King Memorex" there is an advert spot - click the camera icon to share the VT Tea experience! |
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| Att 40,000 ft on the flightdeck of a British Airtours Boeing 707 over France en route to Ibiza in 1976 |
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| VT was there |
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| Taking a refreshing cup of VT Tea on Es Cana beach in Ibiza. The lower picture was on the Tea Room wall in poster format for several years. The 'model' was a Dutch girl who, according to John Sarson, couldn't speak a word of English. |
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As you can see , VT Tea even penetrated the Iron Curtain to make a guest appearance in Red Square! |
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| Howard Dell supplied these two shots from Las Vegas and the Hoover Dam in 1979 |
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