The first National Kitchen, WW1
The first National Kitchen in Britain, opened on 21 May 1917 by Queen Mary. The National Kitchens were opened during the First World War to provide one solution to food shortages. They enabled catering to be done on an economical scale and produced affordable, nutritious meals for war workers and poorer people
Picture No
14099536
Media ID
47152169
Size
5200px x 3608px
(1.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed photograph in How We Lived Then by Mrs C. S. Peel, 1929
Date
1917
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