Alice Loxton

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770 appearances 11 recordings 7 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 3 Sep

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You're Dead to Me · Why do British people love tea? (from Here For The History) · 19 Jun 2026 podcast

And she thought that was a great morale boost.

So at this point, tea is really embedded in British society.

A great moment is in the 1800s when the first tea room opens in Glasgow, which I know you would have been very excited about, Ben.

The first one queuing up outside, I'm sure.

I know, exactly.

Wait, you got barred from the tea room?

Pretty much, yeah.

My favourite tea room, it's in a village called Chawton in Hampshire, which is where Jane Austen lived and wrote her books.

And there's a tea room opposite and it's,

full of Jane Austen fans and it's got teacups all across the ceiling like there are teacups dangling from the ceilings and I will take you and you will enjoy it I'm sure oh fantastic looking forward to it there we go I'll hold you to that

So tea rooms are in, which is exciting.

Maybe not for Ben.

But moving on, throughout the 20th century, the love of tea continues.

And in the Second World War, it plays, again, an integral part.

So this is a good stat.

So the five purchases, the top five purchases of the government in the Second World War are bullets, artillery shells, bombs, explosives, and tea.

Mm-hmm.

Which is absolutely core to the war effort.

It's rationed, it's provided for soldiers.

What would you rather, I'd rather, yeah, yeah, I don't know.

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