The first British Restaurant, WWII

Scene inside the first British Restaurant at Woolmore Street, Poplar, east London, one of a number of communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal, with dessert and a cup of tea, for around the cost of 1s.2d. While operated on a canteen basis, meals were eaten at a table and allowed people, including war workers and those who had bombed out of their homes or might have difficulty cooking or making a packed lunch at home, a nutritious and affordable meal, which could be eaten in addition to wartime rations

Communal Jan20 Poplar Rationing

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