A photograph of children receiving free bread in Disley, Cheshire, taken in December 1935 by White for the Daily Herald.
Each Christmas, every Disley villager was entitled to a free loaf of bread. The custom began when, many years previously, a bread fund was established from the income on rented land.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Daily Herald Archive
- Object Number:
- 1983-5236/E06501
- Materials:
- paper
- type:
- gelatin silver print and photograph
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
