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Citizens kitchen

A number of local authorities established communal feeding centres from 1940 onwards. A national network of British Restaurants was established in 1941 and these were renamed Civic Restaurants in 1946. This photograph shows a 'Citizens Kitchen' in Mitcham, Surrey, and comes from a Ministry of Food pamphlet on food rationing.

Title Communal Feeding Centre, 1943
Maker --
Production Date 1943
Format Pamphlet
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Holding Institution TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University
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