COMMUNAL MEALS
The expressed hope that communal eating will become much more the rule in this country suggests a return to Merrie England. “We hear.” wrote Froude. “of ‘the glory of hospitality.* England’s pre-eminent boast, by the rules of which all tables, from the table of the 20s freeholder to the table in the refectory, were open at the dinner hour to all comers, without stint or reserve and no questions asked; to every man. according to his degree, who chose to ask for it, there was free fare. . . bread, beef and beer for his dinner.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 13 February 1941, Page 6
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96COMMUNAL MEALS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 13 February 1941, Page 6
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