Description
Object description
17 black and white prints of the Women's Electrical Exhibition arranged by the British Electrical Development Association held at Dorland Hall c. November 1945. The set includes two prints showing the dioramas created by Warner Cooke displayed in the 'Home Lighting' section of the exhibit. One of the prints is believed to be product designer Hulme Chadwick and David Esdale.
The collection also includes a photograph of another Cooke diorama on display in the "The Welfare Story - Scottish Social Services" exhibition, a travelling exhibition, held at the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh between 20 August and 18 September 1949. The display is entitled 'Protection against poverty.' A close up of the diorama is also included.
Also in the collection is a series of 21 black and white photographs of dioramas created by Cooke for an unknown exhibition seemingly based around the ideas of efficiency in the workplace and savings that can be made in the home. The dioramas were captioned as follows:
'Encourage your workers to make suggestions. Give rewards for any ideas you use.'
'Good stores control will ensure that stocks are neither too small nor too big. Keep a record of materials and components in stock, and see that your maximum and minimum figures are up to date.'
'Team up with your mates. That might make things easier still.'
'Joint Consultation will not succeed in the wrong atmosphere. It must start on the shop floor and go to the top.'
'Are you making too many varieties? Variety is no substitute for good salesmanship. It is often possible to make a smaller range of components cover an equal range of types.'
'There is more choice in shops now. We can drop the war-time habit of buying things simply because they're for sale. Be choosey.'
'If you have any spare time, ask your local Recovery Committee or a local women's organisation how to use it to your advantage.'
'Be ingenious about saving gas and electricity. Don't heat the oven for one dish or the electric iron for one garment. Clever planning will [caption illegible].'
'If you don't go to work yourself, try to help the woman who does by shopping for her or "sitting-in".'
'Encourage all members of your family to save. Good for them and the country too.'
'There may be a worker wanting accommodation in your district. You may have room you could spare. The two would go very well together.'
'Have you an allotment? If not, get your menfolk sold on the idea of having one.'
'If your son or daughter does not know where to go on holiday, why not suggest harvest camp?'
'Think things out for yourself. Once you know the real trouble, you won't miss the real remedy.'
'Don't go slow for fear of unemployment. Unemployment might come from producing too little, but as a nation we cannot produce too much.'
'Take a business friend round your works and ask him for his views. Outside ideas are often useful.'
'Do your workpeople know that progress they are making? Fix your targets and let them know what is happening.'
'If everybody kept good time, the increase in the national output would be enormous.'
'Chase the scrap. Somebody wants it if you don't.'