Mobile Canteen

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

What a coincidence! I am collecting photos of Mobile Canteens for a mag article or even a small book! I have several Church Army photos with one that shows Salvation Army and Church of Scotland canteens. I have to go check out the British Red Cross museum as they have a number of photos of BRC canteens. I have also ordered several MC photos from the Imperial War Museum..check their online catalogue for details. However I am waiting for a reply to a query I had as some packets they have have several MC photos in amongst them and I don't want to pay for prints of all of the contents.

On MLU of course I posted the pix of the Church Army Chevrolets and there is also one some time back of a 1940 Ford in England, Canadian YMCA from a 1943 Canadian Ford magazine. I have plonked the photo in the next window.

Here are two threads that also covered the subject:

http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...ht=church+army
http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...highlight=ymca

I have asked my pal to scan AN ACCOUNT OF OUR STEWARDSHIP, the Vauxhalll restrospective as there is a YMCA Mobile Canteen Bedford photo in it. You are welcome to a copy.

I also took a photo recently of a preserved Austin K2? National Fire Service canteen at Goodwood Revival if that is of any use. There was also a GMC 6-wheeler canteen doing roaring business! I can pass my horrible photo on to you...I was just getting used to my company camera that day!

I would however be interested in a decent photo of the E83W Food Van...I only have a few horrible lo-res copies. It was one of several donated by Henry and Edsel Ford and the rego dates to summer 1941 onwards.