Canteen Collection (page 3)

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

American Red Cross Clubmobile - UK - WW2
Voluntary K.P! WW2 - American Red Cross Clubmobile (USAF) - Somewhere in Great Britain. American Red Cross Canteen vans staffed by American Girls bring hot coffee

WW2 - Red Cross Canteen - Evansville, Indiana, USA Date: 1942

USA Tea Car providing refreshment for bombed-out famillies
WW2 - The morning after - no homes, no gas, or water - but a USA Tea Car is there with hot tea and refreshment to care the children and families affected following the devastating raid

Military Canteen, Samarang, Indonesia, Central Java Province
Military Canteen - Samarang, Indonesia, the capital of Central Java Province Date: circa 1910s

An aircraft firms visit in front of the staff and works canteen of the Bristol Aero Engine Department. May 1930

Staff and works canteen of the Bristol Aero Engine Department. c.1937

Canteen staff
People You See. Canteen staff. From Teddy Bear (7 December (year unknown))

LCC-LFB Canteen van at Colonial Wharf fire
Hungry and thirsty firefighters gathering for refreshments at the Brigades canteen van following a major fire at Colonial Wharf

Salvation Army Canteen Van
The 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

AFS Mobile kitchen in use after major exercise
AFS staff collecting refreshments from a mobile kitchen after taking part in a major exercise conducted at the Fire Services Technical College, Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire

LCC-LFB Canteen Van (CaV) at Lambeth HQ
The Brigades canteen van, stationed at Lambeth fire station (D61). The Brigade only had the one CaV which was sent to all major fires or other protracted incidents

London Fire Brigade canteen van at a fire
Firefighters of the London Fire Brigade queue at the canteen van for lunch, after dealing with a commercial fire

Blitz in London -- mobile kitchen serving meals to AFS, WW2
Blitz 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

Blitz in London -- tea break for AFS firefighter, WW2
Blitz in London -- an AFS woman in a canteen van pours a cup of tea for her male opposite number

LCC-LFB canteen van at Lambeth LFB HQ
Located at Lambeth fire station, the London Fire Brigade canteen van which attend major fires and incidents to provide the firefighters with light refreshment

Donation by Canadian Red Cross to NFS, WW2
A canteen van/mobile kitchen on display at Londons Regional Headquarters, Lambeth SE1. It was one of many donated by Canadas Red Cross as part of the War Effort

Fire station wet canteen (bar), WW2
The AFS bar built in the fire sub-station (80V) at Clapham Central School, Aristotle Road, Clapham, London SW4

London Region (LFB) mobile canteen van
Home Office supplied mobile canteen van typical of those used throughout the London Region to provide tea and refreshments to firefighters at large incidents

London Fire Brigade canteen van used as publicity vehicle
Seen here at Brigade headquarters, Lambeth, the canteen van has been converted into a publicity vehicle during a recruitment drive for much needed auxiliary firefighters

The moral of the canteen question. Illustration shows Puck, at center, looking at both sides of the issue; on the left, The result of abolishing the canteen shows soldiers drunk on whiskey

The closed canteen and the open dive. Illustration shows an old woman labeled Prohibition and holding an umbrella labeled Intolerance

One result of abolishing the canteen. Illustration shows an intoxicated African American soldier shooting handguns in a street in front of The Red Eye Hotel where another soldier is being thrown out

The canteen or the dive - in the name of decency and common

The General Strike, 1926: volunteers
Are we downhearted? The answer is Negative. A page from The Tatler, applauding the magnificent response which all classes of Society made to the Governments call for volunteers in the wake of

Verdun, road to YMCA canteen. Poster showing a canteen entrance with soldiers below an arch; the street is strewn with rubble. Date 1917

Good Cheers, Women war work, World War II by Helen McKie
Jolly illustration by Helen McKie showing a female ATS worker serving cups of tea to a sailor, an airman and a soldier during World War II. Date: c.1940

The Red Cross Canteen, Evansville, Indiana, USA at the intersection of Oio Street and Fulton Avenue. During World War II, over a million and a half GIs stopped in Evansville

Canteen, Marylebone Police Station, London
The police canteen at Marylebone Police Station, London, showing food, refreshments and remedies lined up on lace-edged shelves. (2 of 2) Date: 1920s

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