372 NAAFI TALKS (No. 2) Canteen queues familiar, if ill-loved, symbol of the principle of sharing available goods and services on an equitable basis. Today, queueing is accepted as one of the inevitable burdens of modern war, borne alike by serving men and civilians. It is accepted with a shrug by the house- FOR a Democracy in arms the queue has become a wife in search of fish, fruit or cakes; it is the recognised means of securing a seat in a bus, a taxi at a terminus, an evening paper in the rush hour.
- Collection ID
- HATOM
- Document Reference
- HATOM/5/525
- Document Types
- Ephemera
- File Reference
- HATOM/5
- Identifier
- 10.1080/wtss.hatom.000005.525
- Keywords
- Communal Feeding Employment Family Food Supplies Labour Shortages Labour Supply Recruitment Soldiers Wives
- Language
- English
- Organizations Discussed
- British Army Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes Royal Air Force Royal Navy
- Pages
- 1
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Industry Infrastructure Labour Supply Relations Civilian-military Interactions
