Bournemouth At War / SHORT SUPPLY: ALCOHOL Traditional Cache

Bournemouth has a great history. I have documented many famous people, major events and occurrences in previous geocaching series highlighting the history of Bournemouth. This series focuses on many of the key incidents and stories in the town when Bournemouth was at war. A complete list of all the caches in this series are bookmarked.

With the war getting deadlier, warnings of enemy bombing became more frequent in 1943. In January alone, 18 times the sirens sounded, but no bombs were dropped. The year also faced additional problems with many everyday necessities being in short supply.



Alcohol during WW2 became in short supply during 1943. A shortage of petrol did not help the matter as retailers were not able to get stock due to a lack of deliveries. One local wine merchants of Boscombe wrote to their customers apologising for the circumstances, whilst others just had to discontinue their service altogether. Spirits and beer were very hard to come by and the quota allocated to each retailer was soon sold out, especially when the American Servicemen could afford to pay over the odds.



This cache has been placed with kind permission from Bournemouth Council Parks Team.