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23 June 2021
A traditional old-fashioned larder in Kent in 1958, photograph in the Museum of the Home. In fact this would have been quite an unusual larder because it had a window - the traditional larder would have had ventilation but no natural light. And apart from a string of onions there doesn't seem to be much fresh food. But it's still a thing of beauty.
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