Waitresses at Ipswich’s Regal Café, c1940

Greek proprietors treated local waitresses like members of the family. The back of this photo of waitresses from Ipswich’s Regal Café c1940 is inscribed to the Greek proprietor: To Jimmy from Lorna, Ethel, Audrey and Jean. The two waitresses seated in the middle were Ethel Dreier (left) and her older sister Lorna Dreier (right). Ethel later married George Andrews of the Metro Cafe, Ipswich. Collection of Maria Kentrotis