{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"UK Vegetarian Restaurant Chain - Almost 120 Years Ago - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xP4LxTBJcH\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/uk-vegetarian-restaurant-chain-almost-120-years-ago\/\">UK Vegetarian Restaurant Chain &#8211; Almost 120 Years Ago<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/uk-vegetarian-restaurant-chain-almost-120-years-ago\/embed\/#?secret=xP4LxTBJcH\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;UK Vegetarian Restaurant Chain &#8211; Almost 120 Years Ago&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"xP4LxTBJcH\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Eden1.jpg","thumbnail_width":580,"thumbnail_height":702,"description":"Found in\u00a0a &#8216;junk shop&#8217;, tucked into an old book &#8211;\u00a0&#8230;&#8230;- a little scrap of paper from Glasgow, Scotland\u00a0&#8211; slightly stained, slightly crumpled. It has &#8216;bloodless&#8217; stories to tell. &#8216;The Eden&#8217; was Cathie &amp; Dugald Semple&#8216;s &#8216;local&#8217; restaurant. Tissue-paper &#8216;Ad&#8217; for a Glasgow, Scotland restaurant &#8211; circa 1905 &#8211;\u00a011.5 x 11.5 cm. It is now in the Ernest Bell Library\u00a0&#8211; donated by a friend from the UK. Directory listings of the period read &#8211; Eden Vegetarian Restaurant, 6\u00a0Jamaica street. Best 6d. tea\u00a0in the city. L. McCaughey. An 1897 directory A 1905 directory Leonard McCaughey, his eldest children from his first marriage, Elizabeth his second wife &amp; their children (detailed bio below) , together managed one of the first ever &#8216;chains&#8217; of vegetarian restaurants. They had branches in Ireland, Scotland &amp; England. IT IS UNIVERSALLY ADMITTED that to see\u00a0 VEGETARIANISM +++ PROPERLY PRESENTED You must visit one of the following restaurants: Belfast: The X.L., 27 Corn Market Dublin: The College, 3 &amp; 4 College Street (with HOTEL attached) Glasgow: The Eden, 6 Jamaica Street Leeds: The Old Bank, 28 Commercial St. -&lt;+&gt;- All under one Proprietorship and Management. Everything High Class, except Prices. The Ad (above) &amp; the mention (below) both appeared [&hellip;]"}