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Tea: Nuclear Threat To Great British Cuppa
Nuclear Threat To Great British Cuppa Updated:00:29, Monday May 05, 2008 Whitehall officials in the 1950s worried about the survival of the great British cuppa in the event of a nuclear attack, documents have revealed. Tea fears in the 1950s The tea situation would be "very serious" if there was a widespread...
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- News Source: NewKerala | about 1 year agoKew, reveal that the ministers were worried that a missile attack might cripple supplies of tea and other staples that are necessary for public health. The documents also show that public authorities were ordered to draw up contingency plans for food...
- News Source: Xinhuanet.com | about 1 year agoWhitehall officials once feared that there would be a dramatic shortage of tea in the event of a nuclear attack on the UK in the 1950s, recently declassified documents revealed Monday as quoted by media reports. Officials planning food supplies said...
- News Source: Sky News | about 1 year agoNuclear Threat To Great British Cuppa Updated:00:29, Monday May 05, 2008 Whitehall officials in the 1950s worried about the survival of the great British cuppa in the event of a nuclear attack, documents have revealed. Tea fears in the 1950s The tea...
- News Source: The Scotsman | about 1 year agoSecond World War, it was, according to Winston Churchill, "more important to the soldiers than munitions", while George Orwell considered it "one of the mainstays of civilisation". Now it has emerged the role of the great British cuppa was so...
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