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Firefighters outside a canteen van, Battersea, LondonFirefighters in traditional brass helmets enjoying some refreshments outside a canteen van in Battersea Park, London, watched by a boy on roller skates. Date: 1937
Nancy Lancaster and David NivenMrs Ronald Tree and actor David Niven at a darts contest in a canteen. Nancy Lancaster (1897 - 1994), nee Perkins, was an influential American-born tastemaker, interior decorator and garden designer
Tea break for firefighters, London, WW2Tea break for a group of London firefighters, standing by an LCC canteen van. Date: 1940s
Firefighters outside mobile kitchen, WW2Firefighters enjoying a mug of tea outside a mobile kitchen presented to the National Fire Service by the Order of the Eastern Star, Manitoba, Canada, during the Second World War
LFB firefighters taking a tea break during their attendance at a fire. Date: circa 1950s
Trainee Chefs 1930STwo student chefs at the Gordon Fellowes School of Domestic Service. Date: early 1930s
Mobile CanteensA row of mobile canteens in Brighton. Note that one of the vans has Y.M.C.A. printed on it. 1940
Eating with ChopsticksJapanese politicians enjoying a meal using chopsticks, in the canteen of the new parliamentary buildings in Tokyo
Women workers at Cadbury factory, Bournville, BirminghamWomen workers at lunchtime at the Cadburys Cocoa and Chocolate Factory, Bournville, Birmingham. 1898
WW2 - Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) Firemen, including (top right) George Arthur Roberts (1891-1970) - soldier (in WW1), Fireman, and Community Leader
Interior view of the Norris Green British Restaurant, Liverpool during the Second World War. British Restaurants were communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal
Soldiers in mess hall of army barracks, South Africa. Date: circa 1900
A CWS works canteen, probably 1930s
WW2 - The Girls Of Today, N. A. A. F. IA WW2 children's book illustration from The Girls Of Today. The image shows a Naffy, a woman who works at a canteen aimed to provide food for armed forces servicemen. Date: circa 1940s
Alican Land, N. A. A. F. I. CanteenA WW2 children's story book illustration from The Story Of Alican Land, written by Joan Hunt. The image shows an Alican Land N.A.A.F.I
WW2, Emergency Mobile Canteen CorpsAn illustration which shows an interior of a room where civilians and WW2 servicemen are having tea, served by ladies of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps. Date: circa 1940s
WW2, Wartime FiremenAn illustration which shows some WW2 firemen putting out flames in the city, a woman of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps is helping out. Date: circa 1940s
WW2, Jackie Saves An AirmanThis illustration shows Jackie, a fictional WW2 lady of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, bravely pulling a British airman away from his flaming wreck of a plane. Date: circa 1940s
WW2, At The Carriage WindowsThis illustration shows Jackie and Pam, some fictional WW2 ladies of the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, approaching a train carriage, British Army servicemen are reaching out of the windows
WW2, Mobile CanteenAn illustration of some British WW2 sailors and army servicemen having tea from a mobile canteen. Date: circa 1940s
WW2, Jackie Serving TeaThis illustration shows Jackie, a fictional character from a WW2 story book, she serves for the Emergency Mobile Canteen Corps, offering tea to some servicemen
The Soldiers CanteenA colourful oil painting of a woman, wearing a blue dress, holding a cup of tea and a round tray, at a canteen with some military soldiers. Date: circa 1918
Music cover, Two songs by Irving BerlinMusic cover, two songs with words and music by Irving Berlin, This is the Army Mr Jones, and I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen, from the wartime Warner Bros film, This is the Army. Date: 1942
Comic postcard, Two soldiers in the British Army, WW2 - chatting outside the Canteen. Date: circa 1940s
A Mobile Canteen at the docks. Date: circa 1942
A French cantiniere 1890French cantiniere, named as Madame Vialar, striking a distinctly sassy pose which well displays her two medals; the military medal and the Crimean medal, during the first Franco-Dahomean War
LCC-LFB canteen van at Lambeth LFB HQLocated at Lambeth fire station, the London Fire Brigade canteen van which attend major fires and incidents to provide the firefighters with light refreshments. Date: circa 1950s
Miss Patience BrandPatience Boo Brand, daughter of Lt.-Colonel Brand and Lady Rosabelle Brand. She served in the WVS Canteen Service during the second World War aged 18. 1939
The Cleveland Mobile Canteen (patent no. 5783) for FinlandThe Cleveland Mobile Canteen (patent no. 5783) designed specifically for Finland. Date: circa 1938
Miss Flora Petersen, a canteen-worker (and dog), WW1Portrait of Miss Flora Petersen, sister of the Countess of Wilton, who, reports The Tatler spent some time nursing the wounded during the Great War before taking up canteen work in Boulogne
Air Marshal Sir Cyril Newall Newall, Chief of Air Staff, ?Air Marshal Sir Cyril Newall Newall, Chief of Air Staff, right, and Paymaster Rear Admiral Sir Bertram Allen at the Services? Canteen Dinner at the Caf Royal, London, February 1937
Germany - YMCA Windmill Canteen - Autobahn nr BeckumGermany - YMCA Windmill Canteen - on the Autobahn near Beckum, between Wiedenbruck & Vellern - the only British canteen on a German Autobahn from 1946 to1971. Date: 1951
Refectory at Trinity College, Cambridge UniversityAerial view of the refectory at Trinity College, Cambridge University, with students and professors eating at long tables. Portraits on the walls include one of Henry VIII (far left). Date: 1967
Welsh GuardsOne of 34 photographs associated with the Welsh Guards, 1950-1969.Showing canteen; sign-writer; carpenters; drivers; machine gunners; firing mortars; sport; welder; mess waiters
Canteen with men of 7th Dragoon Guards and othersCanteen with men of 7th Dragoon Guards, 3rd Hussars, Scots Greys and 10th Hussars.Watercolour by T P Chapman, 1886.Associated with the 10th Hussars. Date: 1886
Police officers in canteen at Peel House, LondonPolice officers, male and female, drinking cups of tea in the canteen at Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London. Date: circa 1930s
Red Cross canteen, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, WW2Red Cross canteen at Milwaukee Station (part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Trench coat for canteen workers by Aquascutum, WW1A trench coat of khaki drill interlined with oil silk with a detachable fleece lining from Aquascutum and ideal for ladies working in canteens in draughty places such as railway stations during
Miss Muriel Perry, Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria StationMiss Muriel Perry, the capable quartermaster of the Sailors and Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station during the First World War, where 200, 000 men were fed at a cost of one penny per head
A Russian Workers Canteen in 1904A large group of Russian workers eating whilst sitting at long wooden tables in their canteen. Date: 1904
Salvation Army Canteen VanThe London Fire Brigade had dispensed with its own canteen vans, due to financial cutbacks, and relied on the services of the Salvation Army to provided refreshments to fire crews at major fires
GLC-LFB Canteen VanThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
GLC-LFB - Canteen van at Lambeth HQThe GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned, showing each type of fire engine either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade
Blitz in London -- mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, WW2Blitz in London -- a mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, firefighters. These vehicles were donated to Britains fire services for the war effort by the Canadian Red Cross
Womens Voluntary Service (WVS) canteen van, WW2Women from the WVS providing refreshments to National Fire Service London firefighters. The canteen van was presented to the London Region by the township of Inchfawn Bar Harbour, USA
NFS mobile kitchen / canteen unit, WW2A mobile kitchen used by the National Fire Service (NFS), donated to the British home front war effort by the Canadian Red Cross, seen here on display at Regional (London) headquarters, Lambeth. SE1
Metropolitan Police officers in the station canteenA group of Metropolitan Police officers relaxing in the canteen at West End Central police station during a tea break. Included in the photograph are PCs Ian Fletcher, John Foxley, Arthur Webb
The National Gallerys Wartime CanteenVolunteers prepare food for their customers at The National Gallery canteen, established during the Second World War in order to raise money for the war effort. 1940
Y. M. C. A. Canteen in SurreyTwo voluntary workers chat outside the Y.M.C.A. canteen in Pirbright, Surrey. 1940
Laying the Tables at the Gordon Services ClubA volunteer lays the tables at the Gordon Services Club, based at the former Gordon Hospital in London. The Club, established in June 1940 by the Canadian Red Cross
The Gordon Services Club, 1940Margerie Doutie writing up the menu for the Gordon Services Club, based at the former Gordon Hospital in London. The Club, established in June 1940 by the Canadian Red Cross
Canteen in BlandfordThe inside of a canteen in Blandford, Dorset, where women volunteers are dishing out food and tea to the troops. 1940
Y. M. C. A. Canteen in WiltshireSoldiers in Codford St. Mary, Wiltshire, gathered outside a canteen, formerly a Womens Institute meeting-place and a barnyard. 1940
Soldier Given Tea from a Mobile CanteenSapper A. Kent is given tea from a mobile canteen by two members of the Womens Transport Service in Eastbourne. 1940
Stanley Bruce Alongside Two Australian SoldiersAustralian High Commissioner Stanley Bruce (left) stands beside two of his compatriots outside the Strand Theatre, London
Mobile Canteen being unloadedMobile canteen being unloaded at Cooden Beach, East Sussex
Loading a Mobile CanteenWomen loading an urn onto a mobile canteen in Brighton. Bananas and cakes can also be seen. 1940
Wartime CanteenSeveral volunteers unload food from a cart outside a village barn in White Waltham, Berkshire, which has been converted into a canteen to provide sustenance for servicemen billeted in the area
A Y. M. C. A. Mobile Tea CarThree female volunteers wait to restock a mobile canteen outside at Gattis on The Strand, London, which was converted during the War into a Y.M.C.A. hostel for servicemen based in the city. 1940
Sailor at Y. M. C. A. hostel on The StrandA sailor checks into the Y.M.C.A. hostel, formerly the restaurant Gattis on The Strand, London. Gattis was taken over by the Y.M.C.A. as a canteen for troops stationed in the city. 1940
WWII - El-Amriya station canteen in EgyptCanteen of El-Amriya station, a dispersal camp by the British Army during World War II in Egypt. Date: circa 1941
Weybourne Summer Camp, April 1954One of nine photographs of the Weybourne Summer Camp, April 1954.Shows a canteen tent, playing darts and table tennis in the canteen tent
A hussar, an infantryman and a dragoonWatercolour drawing by D G L, 1890 (c).Shows a hussar, an infantryman and a dragoon, all in undress uniform, scrambling for the entrance of a canteen. Date: circa 1890
Women WW1 Work CanteenA group of women (described on reverse) as Canteen workers, alongside three male colleagues at the Tidworth Army Barracks, situated on the edge of Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Date: circa 1916
American Theatre Wing, New York, USA, WW2The American Theatre Wing Stage Door Canteen, 44th Street Theatre, New York City, USA, during the Second World War. No-one is taking any notice of the warning poster: Don t Talk
Advert for Asprey walnut cutlery cabinet & breakfast heaterFine walnut canteen table with drawers, fitted with 98 piece cutlery set. Also breakfast heater with plate oven. 1934
Refectory at Trinity College, Cambridge UniversityView of the top table in the refectory at Trinity College, Cambridge University, with professors coming and going. A large portrait of Henry VIII looms over them. Date: 1967
French troop train in World War One at a stationA French military troop train stops at a rural station, somewhere in France, and takes on refreshments and supplies at the military station canteen. Date: 1917
Harvey Nichols wartime fashion advertisementAdvertisement for practical clothes to wear while carrying out war duties. Whether its a practical cashmere sweater for serving in a canteen, or a Bedford cord skirt suit for shopping for vegetables
WW1 - British soldiers canteenWW1 - A British soldier purchasing a toothbrush from a helper at a canteen. The toothbrush not for use, but "...only for kit inspection." Date: 1915
Fire Escape & South Canteen, Royal Marines Barracks, Deal, EFire Escape & South Canteen, Royal Marines Barracks, Deal, Kent, England. Date: 1910s
WW2 Christmas card, Civil Defence, designed by Allan Burrows, produced by the Paddington Mobile Unit (ARP), with cartoons of typical activities (inside). Date: circa 1942
WW1 - Practical Gifts for the soldier at the frontWW1 - Practical Christmas Gifts for the service men at the front from John Pound & Co. These include lamps watches a map ase, a khaki campaign roll and an aluminium canteen Date: 1915
A Countess Gave me a cup of tea, WW1 soldier & canteenA First World War soldier received a cup of tea from an aristocratic lady in a nurses uniform. Canteening was one of the favourite voluntary occupations of well-born women during the Great War
Typical menu at a communal kitchen, WW1A blackboard showing a typical menu at a communal kitchen in 1918. Communal and National Kitchens were established to help combat food shortages during the First World War by catering in bulk
Munitions workers waiting for the tea hooter, WW1Women munitions workers outside the National Control Canteen, run by female volunteers, waiting for the tea hooter to sound
Tea Time in Dining Hall of National Control Canteen, WW1Female munitions workers in the dining hall of the National Control Canteen, run by voluntary lady workers to provide cheap, nutritious meals for employees. Date: 1916
Fire station staff in meal break, London, WW2Fire station staff having a meal supplied from a mobile canteen van in a school playground in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
Firefighters on refreshment break, Wapping, East LondonFirefighters on a refreshment break next to a canteen van at Wapping, East London, during a serious fire on 25 September 1935. Date: 1935
The first National Kitchen, WW1The 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
Tea break for AFS man and woman, London, WW2Tea break for a man and woman of the AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), standing by a canteen van in London, Second World War. Date: 1940s
Firefighters outside canteen vanFirefighters outside a canteen van with mugs of tea. Date: 1933
LFB firefighters grab a mug of tea from Brigade Canteen VanLFB firefighters take a break and grab a cup of tea from the Brigade Canteen Van Date: circa late 1920s
The Eagle hut in Aldwych, WW1Exterior and interior views of the Eagle Hut in Aldwych, London. The YMCA supplied British servicemen away from home in the UK and overseas with a place to eat, drink, relax, and write letters home
