The Relief Of Guernsey And Bark -- Mrs. A. J. Bell of Mount Arrive Guernsey with well basket of food stuff. These photographs, taken on May 14th., and 16th, show the people of Guernsey and Sark receiving their first British provisions since 1940. After D-day all German supplied food for the islands ceased too and the Germans at once started to kill off live stock and eat the Islander' seed potatoes. Vegetables became more an more scarce, In Guernsey a communal feeding centre was established to which everyone brought whatever they, could soup was made in bathtubs and sold at 7½ d a quart. July 30, 1945.