Food & Drink

A free buffet at Limerick Junction for soldiers on their way to the front lines.

Research into village life during the Great War

By 1917 more than a thousand allotments were created in Nottingham for the war effort

How the Great War made a lasting impact on Britain’s drinking habits

Rowntrees chocolates were gifted to troops over the world from York

A new found freedom for this remote cider maker

Food shortages that led to desperate measures

Privatisation of pubs to prevent a threat to the war effort

Where the ornamental gardens were cleared to grow potatoes for the war effort

Huntley & Palmers produced ration biscuits for British troops fighting in WW1

Feeding an army at the front line

How Cadbury’s continued to prosper throughout WW1

Lurgan Courthouse, now a bar, loomed over women accused of drunkeness and child neglect.

The women who kept the food production lines moving - even on the Sandringham Estate

Burnley Miners’ Club is Benedictine’s biggest single punter outside of France

Attempting to recreate the taste of the main supplier of jam to the WW1 front line

How war affected German immigrants who had livelihoods in Britain

The Lowestoft tinned meat and vegetables that kept British soldiers fighting

Miners and landlord of the George Hotel were taken to court for “treating”

Preston women who provided 24/7 free food for soldiers at the town’s railway station

The Bowes Museum grew tomatoes as part of their war effort

Lincolnshire is the birthplace of the National Farmers Union

Eggs were collected in their thousands to send to the wounded overseas

With submarines attacking shipping how did Guernsey maintain its food supplies?