We recently discovered the Imperial War Museum digital archive which is (perhaps surprisingly) crammed with pictures of pubs, beer and brewing.
Here are some of the best shots of ‘everyday life’ on the home front during World War II shared under the terms of their non-commercial license. (Click the ID numbers to go to the IWM website for bigger versions and more info.)
First lot are French I think, especially the sailors with those distinctive pompoms on their berets.
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What wonderful photos, and what a great atmosphere they evince. I’ve not looked them up, and I hope I’m wrong , but I assume the pubs shown have been ripped apart according to the trends of the following decades, then closed due to lack of custom. And now most of us would travel miles to drink in such places, with such characters…
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First lot are French I think, especially the sailors with those distinctive pompoms on their berets.
What wonderful photos, and what a great atmosphere they evince. I’ve not looked them up, and I hope I’m wrong , but I assume the pubs shown have been ripped apart according to the trends of the following decades, then closed due to lack of custom. And now most of us would travel miles to drink in such places, with such characters…
Cricketers is still there http://www.cricketersbrighton.co.uk/ as is the Crown and Anchor Lindisfarne http://www.holyislandcrown.co.uk/. Have drunk in both. Think I remember the chap with the beard!