Canteen Collection (page 2)

The National Gallerys Wartime Canteen
Volunteers 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 Surrey
Two voluntary workers chat outside the Y.M.C.A. canteen in Pirbright, Surrey. 1940

Laying the Tables at the Gordon Services Club
A 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, 1940
Margerie 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 Blandford
The 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 Wiltshire
Soldiers 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 Canteen
Sapper 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 Soldiers
Australian High Commissioner Stanley Bruce (left) stands beside two of his compatriots outside the Strand Theatre, London

Mobile Canteen being unloaded
Mobile canteen being unloaded at Cooden Beach, East Sussex

Loading a Mobile Canteen
Women loading an urn onto a mobile canteen in Brighton. Bananas and cakes can also be seen. 1940

Wartime Canteen
Several 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 Car
Three 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 Strand
A 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 Egypt
Canteen of El-Amriya station, a dispersal camp by the British Army during World War II in Egypt. Date: circa 1941

Weybourne Summer Camp, April 1954
One 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 dragoon
Watercolour 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 Canteen
A 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, WW2
The 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 heater
Fine walnut canteen table with drawers, fitted with 98 piece cutlery set. Also breakfast heater with plate oven. 1934

Refectory at Trinity College, Cambridge University
View 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 station
A 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 advertisement
Advertisement 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 canteen
WW1 - 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, E
Fire 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 front
WW1 - 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 & canteen
A 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, WW1
A 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, WW1
Women 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, WW1
Female 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, WW2
Fire 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 London
Firefighters 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, 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

Tea break for AFS man and woman, London, WW2
Tea 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 van
Firefighters outside a canteen van with mugs of tea. Date: 1933

LFB firefighters grab a mug of tea from Brigade Canteen Van
LFB firefighters take a break and grab a cup of tea from the Brigade Canteen Van Date: circa late 1920s

The Eagle hut in Aldwych, WW1
Exterior 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

London Fire Brigade with canteen van, WW2
London Fire Brigade crew enjoying a mug of tea outside a canteen van during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

London Fire Brigade and AFS with canteen van, WW2
London Fire Brigade crew and AFS staff enjoying a cup of tea outside a canteen van during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Y. M. C. A canteen in WWI
Y.M.C.A canteens and other organisations during World War One, providing troops with cigarettes and tobacco, and often the luxury of cooked meals

Miss Hermione Kennedy digging somewhere in France
Miss Hermione Kennedy, the daughter of Lady Alexander Kennedy, widow of the late Lord Alexander Kennedy, snapshotted digging in the garden of a British soldiers buffet somewhere on the Western Front

Lady Lawrence, founder of the Munition Makers Canteen Committee in 1915, designed to maintain the good health of muntions workers with the provision of regular meals at canteens established at

Miss Muriel Perry, Soldiers Free Buffet at Victoria Station
Miss 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

Violet Gordon Selfridge
Miss Violet Gordon Selfridge, daughter of retail magnate, Harry Gordon Selfridge, pictured in The Tatler in 1916 which writes of her doing a lot of hard work in the cause of war charities

British soldiers at divisional canteen in snow, WW1
British soldiers enjoying a hot drink in the snow outside a divisional canteen, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Hollywood Canteen, Hollywood, California, USA
The Hollywood Canteen (for Service Men), Hollywood, California, USA. Located on Sunset and Cahuenga, this establishment lifted the spirits of soldiers with free food, song, dancing

British soldiers love of tea 1917
How the fighting soldiers get their cuppa at the Front. Canteen on the troop-train with a number women workers waiting for the soldiers to return from the front

Women helped during the Great Strike 1926
In Mrs Loefflers canteen at Scotland House. Lady volunteers, including Lady Louis Mountbatten, feeding Special Constables, who had come to Scotland Yard to report, while on duty

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