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  • The Effects of Over-cooking and Keeping Hot The Effects of Over-cooking and Keeping Hot

    (posters) Made by: George Him & Jan Le Witt 'Lewitt-Him' (artist)

    whole: The image fills the majority of the design, with text in red and black positioned at the bottom. image: A chimney with smoke in the shape of vegetables rising into the air. text: THE EFFECTS OF OVER-COOKING AND KEEPING HOT. Vitamin value,...

  • Camouflaging the Pipeline at the British Aluminium Company's Works at Fort William : October 1941 Camouflaging the Pipeline at the British Aluminium Company's Works at Fort William : October 1941

    (art) Made by: Bone, Stephen 1941-10-01

    image: a view looking down a hill, along the pipeline, towards the aluminum works with a river and mountains in the distance. A frame work has been erected above the pipeline and workers can be seen covering the framework with camouflage materials.

  • Monopoly Monopoly

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: John Waddington Ltd, London & Leeds

    Second World War period British board game. Its wartime provenance is reflected by the fact that the 'property accessories' have been replaced by wooden parts, and a Spinner has been substituted for the dice. Waddington made a variety of board games such...

  • carton, 'Demi Sanispoons carton, 'Demi Sanispoons

    (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: MHC

    A set of disposable cardboard spoons, 'Sanispoons', manufactured in the USA and supplied for British home front use during the Second World War. The set, which comes in its original cardboard box, is incomplete (it should contain twenty-five spoons). The...

  • ARP - Auxiliary Firemen Wanted ARP - Auxiliary Firemen Wanted

    (posters) Made by: Havinden, Ashley (artist) 1939

    whole: a text-based design with the letters 'A R P' displayed in red, grey and blue, covering the whole poster. Three labels are placed at varying diagonal angles across these letters. The top label contains dark blue text set against light blue. The...

  • black-out curtain fasteners black-out curtain fasteners

    (equipment) Made by: Newey's

    Second World War period blackout curtain-fasteners (made by Newey's) which were intended to be screwed into the wall around the window frame. A separate pack had to be purchased with the 'other side' of the snaps to sew onto the curtain, after which the...

  • badge, 'V For Victory' Favour badge, 'V For Victory' Favour

    (souvenirs and ephemera)

    Second World War British Home Front 'V' for Victory Favour badge. The responsibility and origins of the 'V' for Victory campaign lay with the BBC who in July 1941, in the wake of the desperate Russian defensive operations following the German invasion,...

  • A Crashed Aeroplane, Devon A Crashed Aeroplane, Devon

    (art) Made by: Pearce, C J 1943

    image: A fireman stands in the foreground, one arm raised vertically above him, the other out to his right. There is a long firehose running from the bottom of the composition down the ploughed field, and up the green hill behind. Another fireman...