Rare footage inside Liverpool wartime communal restaurant

Rare footage inside Liverpool wartime communal restaurant on Byrom Street. Headed by Britain’s Minister of Food, Lord Woolton, the sites were established by local authorities or volunteer groups to help feed the people of Liverpool. Often utilising existing buildings, a number were opened in Liverpool in the 1940s. Footage courtesy of Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels from the Sherman Grinberg Library collection via Getty