Casgliadau Arlein

Ceremonial key presented to David Rhys Grenfell for the opening of a 'British Restaurant, Gorseinon', 16 May 1942. In a box. Part of a collection relating to the political life of David Rhys Grenfell CBE JP MP.

British Restaurants were communal kitchens created in 1940 during the Second World War to help people who had been bombed out of their homes, had run out of ration coupons or otherwise needed help. In 1943, 2,160 British Restaurants served 600,000 meals a day. They were disbanded in 1947.