Rationing

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Nick Balmer
All that webbing needed flax.

Nick,

I know this thread is getting a little off rationing, but to follow up on flax. Where I used to get my sandblasting done, it was known as the old flax factory. The building the chap used was intriuging as it had a heavy steel door almost like a bank vault. It transpired that this building was converted from a large concrete tank for the flax to be soaked in, and the door was access to empty the tank once drained and process completed. Not sure if it originated from WW1 or 2.

Richard