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Time To Bring Back British Restaurants?
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I'm sure many of you will remember these - set up by the government during WWII to provide nutritious, hot, three course meals at fixed very low prices. No ration coupons needed. There were 2160 of them across the UK (there are currently 1367 McDonald's as a comparison). Some were still going in to the 1960s.
Would these help people during the current crisis? Some parents are going to bed hungry, one mother has been hospitalised twice for malnutrition according to the papers; some people can't afford to switch the cooker on. Some elderly people having to choose between heating and eating this winter.
Of course there were no benefits or NHS during WWII and we are not having to contend with rationing or bombing so we should be in a much better position today but could a modern equivalent to the British Restaurant be helpful?
Would these help people during the current crisis? Some parents are going to bed hungry, one mother has been hospitalised twice for malnutrition according to the papers; some people can't afford to switch the cooker on. Some elderly people having to choose between heating and eating this winter.
Of course there were no benefits or NHS during WWII and we are not having to contend with rationing or bombing so we should be in a much better position today but could a modern equivalent to the British Restaurant be helpful?
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//Teaching people basic cookery would be better.//
/Yes. along with budgeting, contraception and a course on how to look after yourself without expecting the State to do it./
Lol, you mean like Johnson? Contraception isn’t his strong point and state funding of his jollies will stop abruptly, but he’ll get party donors and sycophants to bankroll him beyond parliament no doubt.
As for the OP, must admit I’ve never heard of British Restaurants in all honesty, though I suppose we do have food banks now instead?
//Teaching people basic cookery would be better.//
/Yes. along with budgeting, contraception and a course on how to look after yourself without expecting the State to do it./
Lol, you mean like Johnson? Contraception isn’t his strong point and state funding of his jollies will stop abruptly, but he’ll get party donors and sycophants to bankroll him beyond parliament no doubt.
As for the OP, must admit I’ve never heard of British Restaurants in all honesty, though I suppose we do have food banks now instead?
When I was a primary school kid, more than 60 years ago, my parents took me to a very basic cafe in North St, Belfast.
In my line of sight was an old man eating and behind him a large stew pot. When he'd finished his meal the waitress took his plate and scraped what was left on it into the stew pot.
In my line of sight was an old man eating and behind him a large stew pot. When he'd finished his meal the waitress took his plate and scraped what was left on it into the stew pot.
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