| Description | Contains newspaper cuttings regarding the work of the YMCA during the Second World War, including fundraising appeals; opening of canteens and tea cars; visits by members of the royal family, including corgis; Women's Auxiliary; and work at railways.
Also includes Monochrome photographs of the visit of Queen Mary to Swindon, August 1941; Charing Cross canteen, December 1939; canteen at Northolt YMCA, December 1940; postcard of the exterior of the 'new YMCA and hostel' at Tottenham Lane, Hornsey; canteen service on 'The Scotsman' train; presentation of Greek mobile tea cars, 14 October 1941; Liverpool Street Canteen, 1950; Marseilles YMCA; and a letter regarding experience of a travelling canteen on a train. |