Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - GALLERY: Home Front Beer, WWII

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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.)
http://i1.wp.com/boakandbailey.com/w...size=474%2C369Allied soldiers in a London pub, 1940. © IWM (D 1725)http://i0.wp.com/boakandbailey.com/w...size=474%2C316Home Guard members in a pub in Orford, Suffolk, 1941. © IWM (D 4852)http://i0.wp.com/boakandbailey.com/w...size=474%2C320A fisherman at the Crown & Anchor, Lindisfarne, 1942. © IWM (D 6777)http://i1.wp.com/boakandbailey.com/w...size=474%2C497Reverend Joseph Stephens chats to American sailors in The Royal Albert, Silvertown, East London, 1944. © IWM (D 21032)http://i1.wp.com/boakandbailey.com/w...size=474%2C501Price Evans at the Wynnstay Arms in Ruabon,*Wales,*1944. © IWM (D 18484)http://i0.wp.com/boakandbailey.com/w...size=474%2C501The Wynnstay Arms, Ruabon. © IWM (D 18478)http://i2.wp.com/boakandbailey.com/w...size=474%2C495The Cricketers, Brighton, 1944: Mrs Pitt pours a beer. © IWM (D 22509)http://i1.wp.com/boakandbailey.com/w...size=474%2C500The price list at The Cricketers. © IWM (D 18494)GALLERY: Home Front Beer, WWII from Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog - Over-thinking beer, pubs and the meaning of craft since 2007


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