Token Issuers.

ABERTILLERY
Type 2 (image)
Light & Dark Brown. Red, White, Yellow

ANDOVER
Type 1 (image)
A.B.C. (Andover Borough Council)
Blue - Soup
Red - Main Dish
Brown - Sweet
Black - Sweet
Green
Yellow

BARNSTABLE
No location indicated but found in BARNSTABLE
Type 1 (image)
Black - Soup
Blue - Soup
Red - Main dish
Brown - Sweet
plain: Black, Blue, Blue painted Black, Brown, Grey, Green, Pink, Red, White, Yellow

BARROW IN FURNESS
Type 5 (image)
No location on token but confirmed by local archives
White, Green - 1d
Brown, Black, Yellow, Red - 2d
Blue, Green - 6d
Black, Brown, Orange, Yellow - (no value)

BASINGSTOKE
Type 1 (image)
Black, Grey, Green, Red

BEDWELLTY U.D.C
Type 2 (image)
Green, Yellow

BRADFORD
Type 3 (image)
Green - Sweet

BRAINTREE
Type 5 (image)
Dark Blue, Green, Maroon, Yellow

BRIGHTON CORPORATION
No examples seen but illustrated by article in Plastics, August 1942
Type 2 (image)

CAMBRIDGE CORP.
28mm circular, material? centre hole, raised on reverse
White - Tea (image)

CANTERBURY
Type 2 (image)
Black, Blue (light), Brown, Green, Grey, White, Yellow. Canterbury Museum

CARMARTHEN
Type 2 (image)
White

COWBRIDGE
Type 2 (image)
C(owbridge) B(orough) C(ouncil
Brown, Yellow, Black, White, Green, Red?
C(owbridge) R(ural) D(istrict) C(ouncil)
Brown, Yellow, Black, White, Red, Green?

DALTON-IN FURNESS U.D.C
Type 2(image)
Black, Brown, Green, Red, White, Yellow, Marbled Orange

DARTFORD
Type 2(image)
Brown, Green, Pink, White, Yellow,

DEWSBURY
Type 4a (image)
Grey - TEA

DRIFFIELD U.D.C
Type 4a (image)
Green? - SWEET

ESTON U.D.C INSTITUTE B.R.
Type 4b (image)
Grey - SWEET

EXMOUTH
Type 6 (image)
Black/White mottled, Blue (dark), Green, Green mottled, Red, Red/Blue mottled, White,
Yellow

FROME
Type 9 (image)
Red.

GILLINGHAM
Type 2 (image)
Black.
Malstokens Website

GODALMING
Type 2 (image)
9 colours + dispensing machine. Godalming Museum.

HALTEMPRICE U.D.C (now incorporated into Beverley)
Type 2 (image)
Grey

HARWICH Type 1 (image)
H.B.C. (Harwich Borough Coincil)
Light Blue - Soup
Red - Main Dish
Dark Grey - Sweet
Yellow - Various
Blue - Beverage
White - Child
Pink - Child

BOROUGH OF HEDON
Type 2 (image)
Green/Red mixed, Orange

H & IBC (Heston & Isleworth?)
Type 2 (image)
Yellow, Green

HIGH WYCOMBE
Type 2 (image)
Black, Red

HINDLEY (Metropolitan Borough of Wigan)
Type 3 (image)
Red - Soup
Museum of Wigan Life

HOLMFIRTH
Type 4 (image)
Black - Sweet

ROYAL BURGH OF INVERNESS
Type 2 (image)
Brown , Light Blue

KINGS LYNN
Type 2 (image)
White

KINGSWOOD UDC
Type 2 (image)
White

LEEDS
Type 4 (image)
Brown (dark) - SWEET
White - SOUP
Grey - BEVERAGE
Type 4b
Red - THREE / COURSE / MEAL

LLANDRINDOD WELLS
Type 4 (image)
Light Brown - BEVERAGE
Red - MAIN COURSE

LLANDUDNO U.D.C.
Type 4 (image)
Light Brown - Soup or Coffee

MAIDSTONE
Type 7 (image)
BRITISH / RESTAURANT / MAIDSTONE / NOT TO BE TAKEN AWAY
Black: DINNER / CHILD
Burgandy - DINNER & / SWEET, CHILD
Red - DINNER / ADULT
Orange - ????
Yellow - BEVERAGE
Tokens individually numbered: not seen elsewhere

MARLBOROUGH
Type 1 (image)
B.O.M. (Borough of Marlborough), letters filled with white or green
Blue - SOUP
Red - MAIN DISH
Green - VEGETABLE
Brown - SWEET
Black - BEVERAGE
Yellow - VARIOUS
White - CHILD

MERTHYR TYDFIL
Type 8 (image)
Blue - TEA OR COFFEE

MITCHAM CORPORATION
Type 1 (image)
M.C.
Black - BEVERAGE
Brown - SWEET
White - Child
Found in basement of Mitcham Vestry Hall

MONMOUTH BOROUGH
Type 4a (image)
Brown - BEVERAGE

NEWARK BOROUGH
Type 2 (image)
Brown Light, Brown Dark

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
Type 3 (image)
Red - Soup
Blue - Meat
Orange - Sweet
Green - Tea or Coffee

NEWPORT CORPORATION
Type 2 (image)
Red, Yellow

NEW FOREST
Type 1 (image)
N.F.R.D.C (New Forest Rural District Council?)
Yellow - Various

NEWPORT I/W
Type 2 (image)
Brown (marbled), Green, Grey, White
Type 8 (image)
Red, MEAT & VEG, no location stated but found with type 2 examples
Large quantity found in original storage box. label inside reads:

Green - 1d Tea
Fawn (brown?) - 2d Coffee
White - 3d, Small Sweet or Vegetable & Gravy
Grey - 9d, Small portion Meat & Vegetables
Red - 1/-, Meat & Vegetables

OLDHAM
27mm circular
Green - 1d
Red - 1d (image)

OSSETT
Type 4a (image)
Grey - BEVERAGE
Red - MAIN COURSE
White - SOUP
White (with round hole) - BREAD

BURGH OF PAISLEY
Type 2 (image)
Marbled Red, Green and Brown

PENARTH
Type 2 (image)
Black, Green, Red, Red/Yellow, White, Yellow
Ordered May 1943 but no examples seen.

RHYL
Type 4a(image)
Black - SOUP
Grey - TEA

ROTHERHAM
Type 4c (image)
Black (centre hole)
Dark Grey (same as above?)

SANDBACH U.D.C.
Type 3 (image)
Red - SOUP
Simmons Gallery Auction 11/16

SANDWICH
Type 2 (image)
Black, Blue, Brown (mottled), Green, Grey, White, Yellow
Type ?
Red (central hole) Canterbury Museum

SHIPLEY
Type 4 (image)
Green painted? Black - SWEET

STOWMARKET
Type 7 (image)
White - BEVERAGE

SUNDERLAND CORPORATION
Type 2 (image)
Black, Light Brown, White

BOROUGH OF TODMORDEN
Type 2 (image)
Brown

TAUNTON
Type unknown
Report in Taunton Courier, 30th August 1941

TIVERTON
Type 2 (image)
Black, Brown, Green, Red, White, Yellow
Type 7 (image), white
Black print – Soup
Red print – Meat
Green print – Sweet
David Young, Devon Tickets Checks & Passes, 2012

ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Type 2 (image)
Green

WALSALL?
Type 1 (image)
C.B.W. (County Borough Walsall?) (found with other Walsall tokens)
Black - Beverage

WARRINGTON?
Type 2 (image)
Orange

WATERLOO (probably Liverpool)
Type 2 (image)
Brown

WATFORD?
Type 1 (image)
B.W. (Borough of Watford?, subsequently used by Road Research Laboratory)
Red, Black, Yellow, Yellow with painted green cross

WEST HARTLEPOOL CORPORATION
Type 2 (image)
Green, White

WOMBWELL
Type 4a (image)
Brown - BEVERAGE
Brown (dark) - SOUP
Red - MAIN COURSE
White - SWEET

WORTHING
Type 2 (image)
Black, Brown, White

B.R.O.
Type 7 (image)
Red - MAIN MEAL

E.H.C.B.C. - East Ham County Borough Council?
Type 1 (image)
Brown - Sweet

P.C.
28mm circular, cellulose acetate?
Green - Tea (image)

S.T.C.
Type 1 (image)
White - Beverage

S.U.D.C.
22mm, circular, Cellulose Acetate?
Green - 9d (image)

NO LOCATION STATED
Type 5 (image)
Black - SWEET  - 1d

NO LOCATION STATED
Type 6 (image)
Black, Green, Red, Yellow

 

Notes
(1) Swindon Museum
(2) Confirmed by article in Plastics, August 1942 ……………..

Price (Llandrindod Wells archives)
Ardill Leeds quoted prices of 6/- per 300 for round fibre tokens and 12/- for the die, with other shapes costing 6d more per 100 and 18/- for the die. Crystalate proposed standard 1 inch tokens in nine colours with words BRITISH RESTAURANT on one side and the name of the corporation or council on the other, and quoted prices of 45/- per 1000 plus 10% for smaller quantities, dies would cost £2.10.0.