[BCMA] Water Can - Tinned Water

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Having lived in Norfolk for a few years, you may want to forward your
inquiry over that way.  The cannery is in a pretty small village and their
archival society might be of some help in recognizing this or knowing to
what extent the tins may have been exported abroad to Canada.

www.northwalshamarchive.co.uk

You can also contact the Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum in Norwich if
you're sure it's military.  They could tell you whether these were for Air
Force, etc.

Meg Pinto
On 17 Mar 2016 2:56 pm, "Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv." <
bcma at lists.vifa.ca> wrote:

> Hello fellow museums.
>
> I am attaching two photos of an item that came in to the museum today that
> we can't seem to trace.  It was found in a bunker-like room in the basement
> of an RCMP outpost along the AlCan highway with a case of biscuits as
> well.  The biscuits are forthcoming to the museum, but the donor says they
> are still "edible" but then so is old shoe leather with enough poutine on
> it.
>
> The only thing we can find to date this can is a date stamp on the top
> which reads "4" and "1 SEP 1967".  Norfolk Canneries Ltd appears to be a
> company from the UK.
>
> There is no corrosion to the can which still feels like it has H2O as its
> contents.  Its seals are still very much intact.
>
> Any ideas if this was a civilian or military C-Ration element? Or just a
> simple survival/camping item?  Seems awful late in the date to be a cold
> war bomb shelter item.
>
> Any leads or suggestions would be welcome as it is cool none the less and
> we would love to display it if it does have some military connection. It
> was given to the woman who just gave it to us simply because it was a
> unique item and they didn't have any history other than where it was found.
>
> See photos attached.
>
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