Richmond Methodist Church Ladies’ Guild Recipe Book, 1944

Pamela Cookson recently has loaned us her copy of a recipe book, put out by the Richmond Methodist Church Ladies’ Guild in 1944. The book has been well-used, as witnessed by the cover (above).
The book belonged originally to Pamela’s grandmother, Lydia Cochrane, and was then passed on to her mother, Phyllis Mills, who also attended the Methodist Church. Pamela has made great use of the book in the intervening years, and states that many of the recipes are well worth making. I have scanned the book and prepared a PDF document, available for download, below. We also have a printed copy in the history room at Avebury House.

The booklet makes a wonderful souvenir of a now distant time, when wartime rationing and shortages affected many aspects of life in Richmond and throughout New Zealand; none more so than in food supply and preparation. The book includes recipes provided by thirty-eight guild members, many of whom lived locally. 
In our collection we have a group photo of the 1939 Richmond Methodist Church Bible class, which includes several of the women who contributed to the recipe book.

Back Row: P. Briggs, Elsie Gaisford, Edna Clothier, Jocelyn Turnbull, Shirley McFadden, Joyce Flesher, Dorothy Flesher, Nola Olliver.
Middle Row: Heather Rogers, Mrs Craze, Mrs Asher, Mrs Bowden, Mrs Gaisford, Laura Straw, Enid Buckley.
Front Row: Colleen Nicholas, Yvonne Johnson, Rev John Watson, Mavis Sutherland, Margaret Bowden.

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