The Larder And The Meat Safe
A cold north-facing cupboard, before everyone had a fridge.
A marble shelf, a mesh-fronted meat safe and a fly-proof gauze window. Refrigeration for people who did not have refrigeration.
Fewer than one in ten British homes had a fridge at the start of the fifties. The larder did the job: thick cold walls, a vented brick and a slab of marble that stayed cold whatever the weather.
Shopping happened daily because it had to. The fridge did not just change food storage, it changed the entire rhythm of the week.
Cost back then
Built into the house
Goes for now
Vintage meat safes £30–£90
