Stoke Gallery

Mural decorations in the Stoke-on-Trent British Restaurant during the Second World War

Mural decorations in the Stoke-on-Trent British Restaurant during the Second World War, on the theme of '1851 and All That' and carried out by Arthur Berry. Picture on the right shows a detail of the mural while the left photograph shows the interior of the restaurant and the pictures in situ on the wall. British Restaurants were communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal, with dessert and a cup of tea or coffee, for around the cost of 1s.2d. While operated on a canteen basis, meals were eaten at a table and allowed people, including war workers and those who had bombed out of their homes or might have difficulty cooking or making a packed lunch at home, a nutritious and affordable meal, which could be eaten in addition to wartime rations. Many restaurants were decorated inside with murals as a way to make the surroundings pleasant. Date: 1946

© Mary Evans Picture Library

Old man in trilby hat, Stoke

A senior man in a felt trilby hat looks directly at the camera. He has a serious, unsmiling face and wears a zipped-up anorak. He stands outside the street door of a small terraced house in Stoke-on-Trent Date: 1987

© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library

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John Street, Hanley, Stoke

Two young boys with their bicycles smile for the camera by the John Street sign in Hanley, Stoke of Trent. Vintage black and white photograph. The area of Hanley is unrecognisable today. It has all been demolished and redeveloped Date: 1987

© Philip Dunn / Mary Evans Picture Library

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