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WWII Ministry of Food

WWII Ministry of Food

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Title	WWII Ministry of Food
Reference Number	STH0001549
Photographer	Unknown
Town or Village	South Shields
Date	28 September 1953
Original Format	Black and white photograph
Period	c1950s
Copyright	South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information	Visitors to the emergency exercise at the Middle Docks and Engineering Company, tasting the buns cooked in an improvised dustbin oven. Left to right:- Mr A Watson, Canteen Manager; Mrs L Jobson, Factory Canteen Manager, Ministry of Labour and National Service; Mr H M Dawson, Civil Defence Officer; Alderman A L Newman, Charman of the Civil Defence Committee. and Mr F F Hedley, Welfare Section, Civil Defence, all South Shields.