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The connection between the Paris Commune & Marmite

During the 1871 Paris Commune a number of street food feeding places were set up called La Marmite- in English the pot.

I was reminded by new research* that when some Communards were exiled to London a La Marmite was set up just off Tottenham Court Rd.

What is the connection with Marmite? It was not unfortunately made to celebrate the Paris Commune. However it was originally sold in earthenware pots, and the jar today still carries something of that shape..

* THE PARIS COMMUNE IN LONDON AND THE SPATIAL HISTORY OF IDEAS, 1871–1900 Laura C Forster (Historical Journal 2019)

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/historical-journal/article/paris-commune-in-london-and-the-spatial-history-of-ideas-18711900/5EC3B5B783605207AEAC23713E6C1704/share/96d7b00f0c712042223125a90b37a7965afae0e2