The Harbour Canteen or Mole café was a small café at the end of the pier, run by dedicated volunteers, including sisters Florence and Margaret Jeffrey and Mrs Napier Sturt. Here soldiers received a friendly welcome, a free cup of tea or coffee, a sandwich or a bun before crossing the channel to France.
The Harbour Canteen Visitor Books are a record of soldiers, Red Cross workers, and notable people who found themselves in the Mole café during WW1.