Food
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Found in 322 Collections and/or Records:
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Speeches: Speech notes., 16 Jan 1950 - 28 Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/30A-B
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's party political broadcast (21 January) for the Conservative Party entitled "The Conservative Point of View" on subjects including: the importance of voting and of the election; criticism of socialism and the principle of state control; the rejection of socialism in New Zealand and the United States; the need to establish basic standards of living and counter unemployment; Labour government expenditure; the importance of food production; economic affairs; and social...
Dates:
16 Jan 1950 - 28 Jan 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: speech notes., 04 Feb 1950 - 09 Feb 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/31A-D
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's election address (4 February, Town Hall, Leeds [Yorkshire]) including: criticism of the Labour government's economic policy and manifesto; party politics and the numbers of candidates fielded by the Liberal Party; quotes by [Clement] Attlee [Prime Minister] on socialism; the rejection of socialism in Canada, Australia and New Zealand; nationalisation and its effect on the coal industry; the planned nationalisation of the steel industry; the continuation of rationing;...
Dates:
04 Feb 1950 - 09 Feb 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches: speech notes (by WSC as First Lord of the Admiralty) and other material., 20 Jan 1940 - 29 Feb 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/143
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Notes for WSC's broadcast (20 January, BBC) on the war situation, entitled "A house of many mansions" on the German threat to neutral and allied shipping, to neutral nations, and Finland's stand against the Soviet Union. Also includes cuttings from the Times and the Listener containing the text of WSC's broadcast. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6183-6.Notes for WSC's statement (24 January, House of Commons 1922 Committee) on British naval strength, the U-boat war, pocket battleships,...
Dates:
20 Jan 1940 - 29 Feb 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1989-01 - 1989-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/39
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Includes: text of an article by NK for the Irish Labour Party; on the European economy; tribute to Bernt Carlsson; speech for the anniversary of trade unions being banned at GCHQ; speech to the Scottish Trades Union Congress Poll Tax lobby; speech on the Coalfields Communities campaign; speech to a Labour Youth Conference; speech to the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, supporting the adoption of the European Socialist Manifesto; speech at the Pontypridd by-election rally [Wales];...
Dates:
1989-01 - 1989-02
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Series
The Afterword, 2019-02-27 - 2019-03-25
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOBA 1/68
Scope and Contents
The interviews contained in the 'Afterword' are testimony to a chaotic time in Westminster. During this time, Sones captured eight more recordings about Brexit, Theresa May's Withdrawal Bill and the Brexit deadline extension. Sones was particularly focused on how Brexit had clouded the work that MPs do on other pressing issues such as knife crime, food insecurity and housing. Sones, alongside Jackie Ashley were able to secure interviews with two MPs from the newly formed Independent Group...
Dates:
2019-02-27 - 2019-03-25
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"The Few", 20 Aug 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/141A/37-68
Scope and Contents
Notes for WSC's speech covering subjects including: reflections on the differences between the present war and the First World War including weapons, casualty numbers and the increased importance of science and strategy; Britain's aptitude for the new forms of warfare; the decision to enforce a strict blockade on Germany, Italy and France and food supplies and distribution in Europe; review of the war situation; air warfare and the Battle of Britain including the threat of German bombing,...
Dates:
20 Aug 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Fonds
The Papers of Katharine Broome
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KBRM
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook and later memoir from Mrs Broome's time with the Churchills.
Dates:
1954 - 2019-08
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Travelling kitchens of First World War: album, c 1914-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HSBR 2/1
Scope and Contents
Horsbrugh was initially based in a kitchen in Chelsea [London], but extended the provision of food to a broader audience with a travelling kitchen via donkey and cart. She offered nutritious food at reasonable prices, with dishes available from 2d to 7d. Her cart was laden with all sorts of food, from sausage-rolls to dumplings and fishcakes.
Dates:
c 1914-18
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(Untitled), 22 Apr [1943]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/20-21
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Minute from Robert Hudson [Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries], and 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] on the provision of a sugar ration for bees.
Dates:
22 Apr [1943]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/22
Scope and Contents
Minute from WSC to the Minister of Agriculture [Robert Hudson] and the Minister of Food [1st Lord Woolton, earlier Frederick Marquis] on the discontinuance of the sugar ration to domestic bee keepers, demanding to know the saving in "starving the bees of private owners". [Carbon].
Dates:
19 Apr 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 15 Nov 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/357/16
Scope and Contents
Memorandum from Kathleen Hill [WSC's secretary] to John Martin [Prime Minister's Private Secretary], asking if it would be in order to supply food coupons to Mrs Tree's chef at Ditchley [Dytchley Park, Oxfordshire] as she was entertaining for the Prime Minister, and asking for a further supply.
Dates:
15 Nov 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
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(Untitled), 31 Dec 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/106/175-176
Scope and Contents
Statement of account from The Carlton Hotel, to WSC for £26 for 3 luncheons including details of charges for caviar, oysters, wine, cigars, etc.
Dates:
31 Dec 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
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(Untitled), 30 Nov 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/90/47
Scope and Contents
Second interim report of the Committee on the Production and Distribution of Milk.
Dates:
30 Nov 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 18 Feb 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/112/142
Scope and Contents
Letter from John Beresford (Ministry of Food) to Edward Marsh (War Office) enclosing figures showing the comparative consumption of various staple foods in 1913 and 1919 [see CHAR 2/112/143].
Dates:
18 Feb 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [Feb 1920]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/112/143
Scope and Contents
Figures showing the comparative consumption of various staple foods in 1913 and 1919. Sent with CHAR 2/112/142.
Dates:
[Feb 1920]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 23 Sep 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/111/29
Scope and Contents
Letter from [WSC] to Charles McCurdy asking whether it is true that large quantities of tea are being left at the docks because dealers do not wish to reduce the value of the stocks they hold. Typescript copy.
Dates:
23 Sep 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 27 Sep 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/111/30-31
Scope and Contents
Letter from Charles McCurdy (Ministry of Food) to WSC (War Office) explaining the current operation of the tea market, over which the Government has relinquished control.
Dates:
27 Sep 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 11 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/25-26
Scope and Contents
Telegram from President Roosevelt to WSC suggesting that the British Government should not conclude a four year contract for importing Argentinean meat at the present time because of the political situation in Argentina.
Dates:
11 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 13 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/37
Scope and Contents
Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt marked "Personal and Top Secret" stating that no long-term contract [for importing Argentinean meat] will be made in the near future.
Dates:
13 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 14 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/40
Scope and Contents
Telegram from John Martin [WSC's Principal Private Secretary] to Private Office amending WSC's telegram to President Roosevelt [see CHAR 20/173/37] to indicate that no long-term contract [for importing Argentinean meat] will be made in the "next couple of months".
Dates:
14 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 19 Oct 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/173/61
Scope and Contents
Telegram from 5th Lord Munster [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India and for Burma, later Myanmar] to WSC recommending sending to India: Auxiliary Territorial Service members to "meet lack of white women"; more cinema projectors; more beer; and requesting that air letter cards from India to the United Kingdom are carried free.
Dates:
19 Oct 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Apr 1945 - 30 Apr 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/209/4
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, April 1945.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretary to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; the Chief Whip [James Stuart]; Ralph...
Dates:
01 Apr 1945 - 30 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for minutes M 293/5 and M 301/5 which are closed on Cabinet Office instructions under S 23 of the Freedom of Information Act. Review date 2032.
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(Untitled), 01 May 1945 - 31 May 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/209/5
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, May 1945. Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: senior civil servants, including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; the Chief Whip [James Stuart]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; the Chiefs of Staff; "C" [Major General Sir Stewart Menzies, Head of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service]....
Dates:
01 May 1945 - 31 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for minutes M 497/5 and C 42/5, which are closed on Cabinet Office instructions under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act. Review 2032.
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(Untitled), 12 Oct 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94B/182-183
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to John Winant [United States Ambassador to Great Britain] regarding Canada and the Combined Food Board, agreeing with the President Roosevelt's procedure but suggesting that the message to Canada be shortened omitting passages which may lead to comparisons with Canada and other countries and enclosing a proposed draft [see CHAR 20/94B/184 ] Signed.
Dates:
12 Oct 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1947
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/371/331
Scope and Contents
Letter from Sir Bernard Freyberg [Governor-General of New Zealand] (Government House, Auckland, New Zealand) to WSC, explaining that he was sending him a food parcel via RMS Rimutaka. Freyberg details the food in the parcel: sugar, honey, dripping, steak and kidney pudding, cheese, tongues, chocolate, milk powder, laundry soap and toilet soap. He also explains how the parcel would be forwarded from New Zealand House in London, and adds in a postscript that WSC should have received a further...
Dates:
22 Apr 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open