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Description: | Tin of Peek & Frean's Christmas Pudding was displayed at Prisoner of War exhibitions held in London to raise money for the Joint War Organisation of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St John during the Second World War. The label has been specially produced to read: 'With Best Wishes for Christmas from The Red Cross & St John War Organisation' and were sent to Prisoners of War in food parcels. Special Christmas parcels were despatched each August. Peek & Frean's was a biscuit manufacturer based in Bermondsey. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | British Red Cross Museum and Archives | Rights holder: | British Red Cross Museum and Archives | Subjects: | London at War Science and Medicine | Temporal: | 1939-1945 | Source: | Red Cross Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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