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British Restaurants were communal kitchens created in 1940 during the Second World War to help people who had been bombed out of their homes, had run out of ration coupons or otherwise needed help. In
A British Restaurant in Woolmore Street, Poplar, London, in 1942
Diners at a British Restaurant, 1943
Rationing was introduced temporarily by the British government several times during the 20th century, during and immediately after a war.
British Restaurant
…Restaurants were communal kitchens created in 1940 during the Second World War to help people who had been bombed out of their homes, had run out of ration coupons or otherwise needed help. In 1943, 2,160 British Restaurants served 600,000 very inexpensive meals a day. They were disbanded in 1947. There was a…
Civilian rationing: A shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a British housewife's ration book in 1943.
A First World War government leaflet detailing the consequences of breaking the rationing laws
A child's ration book, used during the Second World War
Poster for the "Dig for Victory" campaign, encouraging Britons to supplement their rations by cultivating gardens and allotments