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Preston Free Buffet Association

DURING THE GREAT WAR OF 1914 -1919 THIS ROOM 
WAS, BY THE PERMISSION OF THE L.&N.W. AND L.&Y.
RAILWAY COMPANIES, OCCUPIED FROM AUG. 19, 1915 
TO NOV. 11,1 919 BY THE PRESTON STATION SAILORS 
AND SOLDIERS FREE BUFFET ASSOCIATION OF 
VOLUNTARY WORKERS, WHO SUPPLIED THREE AND 
A QUARTER MILLIONS OF THE SAILORS AND SOLDIERS 
WHO PASSED THROUGH THIS STATION WITH 
REFRESHMENTS AND COMFORTS 
 
Submitted by @thehistoryguy

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