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Food, Shells and Fuel Must Come First

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Sample Quote

"Food, Shells and Fuel Must Come First If your train is late or crowded - do you mind?"

Archivist's Summary

A wartime poster publicising the need for freight to take priority over passenger traffic. Note: the publication date and year of this poster is not known.

Category	Publicity material
Related Event	N/A
Date of Publication	1940
Author(s)	Railway Executive Committee
Publisher	Railway Executive Committee
Sourced?	Yes
Source	BBC
Original Document Link	None
Source Format	Paper
Document Copyright
Permission Requested?	No
Permission Granted?	No
PDF Available?	Yes
PDF File Copyright
No. of Pages	1
Size of Download (Mb)	0.3
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