| Description Of Item | From the collection of Lady Eileen Crofton. Includes letter from our President; the Royaumont Canteen Idea; the AVF (the Association des Amis Des Volontaires Francais); Royaumont Association Report; balance sheet; acknowledgement of news-letter due to enemy action; letter to the Yugoslav minister on Serbia joining the Allies; suggestion of giving allotments to French fishermen stranded in Torquay; clubs for the Free French; Radio Brazzaville; news from France; monthly review 'La France Libre'; London Free French newspaper; review of book 'All Gaul is Divided' and 'Lament for Democracy'; Scottish Women's Hospitals Royaumont Canteen Unit - Record of Work including balance sheet; account of the escape of the Royaumont Canteens staff from the Germans in 1940; translation of a German leaflet dropped during the Battle of France; Trek to the South - Rolt's account of being a refugee on the road from Paris to Spain; the Oulton Park Canteen for French sailors; the Allied Sailors' Club; news from members; and questionnaire for members. |