Rationing, supplying the frontline, allotments ...
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 “treatingâ€
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?