Level | Item |
Reference Number (click to see whole series/group) | G15/645 |
Extent | 1 file |
Title | SECRETARY'S FILES: CHRISTMAS GRATUITIES |
Date | 23 Dec 1942 - 16 Dec 1980 |
Description | Including the practice (initiated by Governor Montagu Collet Norman), of sending a Stilton Cheese each to two Southern Railway officials - known to him through his frequent trips to Basle - at Christmas. Turkeys were sent after World War Two. |
Original Reference | M79_04 |
YearOpen | 2011 |
Keyword | Christmas; Meals [UK Archival Thesaurus]; food |
Second World War; World War Two; WWII; Basel |