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| Picture No | 11093069 |
| Date | 1918 |
| Description | Fortune of War cafe, WW1 |
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Page of illustrations by Samuel Begg in The Illustrated London News, depicting scenes at a Fortune of War cafÚ in London. The idea for the cafes was thought up by Lieut. J E. Latham (an invalided officers of the South Staffordshire Territorials) and they were intended to provide 'congenial and well-paid employment to disabled men.' The first began in Kilburn and was followed by cafes in Hackney, Aldgate and Edgware Road. The scheme was run on sound business principles and there was no sense of charity. Each cafÚ cost about ú400 to set up. The men employed received ú2 a week with free meals. Prices charged to customers were extremely moderate. The public were invited to invest in the cafÚs any sum from ú10 upwards at 6%. Investors of ú50 or more could nominate disabled men for employment. The top image shows the interior of a cafÚ with curtains drawn on account of the bad weather. The cafes were intended to mimic the outdoor cafes of France.
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| Source | Illustration by Samuel Begg in The Illustrated London News, 26 January 1918 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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