24th July 1942
War Worker’s Shopping Problems

A meeting of representatives of the food trades in Pontefract, convened by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, was held at the Employment Exchange, on Monday. It consider complaints received by the Ministry that some women war workers who live in the town are experiencing difficulty in obtaining food supplies, which they claim are exhausted when they reach home from work.

The meeting was attended by representatives of the Pontefract Chamber of Trade, the Pontefract and District Grocer’s and it was agreed that the M.O.L. should help the munitions workers to secure cards from their employers, and that these be handed to their butcher, baker or other tradesmen, who would guarantee their share of commodities, with the same consideration and facilities extended to other customers.

1942 INDEX