Thursday, 23 December 2010
Monday, 20 December 2010
Wednesday, 17 November 2010
Monday, 15 November 2010
Memorial plaque
Bronze World War 1 memorial plaque known by various names including the Next of Kin Memorial Plaque, Dead Man's Penny, Widow's Penny and Death Plaque.
Friday, 22 October 2010
Make Do and Mend
First Edition 1943, published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. Foreword by Hugh Dalton, President of the Board of Trade:
"First, I would like to thank you all for the way in which you have accepted clothes rationing. You know how it has saved much-needed shipping space, man-power and materials, and so assisted our war effort.
The Board of Trade Make Do and Mend campaign is intended to help you to get the last possible ounce of wear out of your clothes and household things. This booklet is part of that campaign, and deals chiefly with clothes and household linen.
No doubt there are as many ways of patching or darning as there are of cooking potatoes. Even if we ran to several large volumes, we could not say all there is to say about storing, cleaning, pressing, destroying moths, mending and renovating clothes and household linen.
But the hints here will, I hope, prove useful. They have all been tested and approved by the Board of Trade Make Do and Mend Advisory Panel, a body of practical people, mostly women, for whose help in preparing this booklet I am most grateful."
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
In Doubt
Postmarked Sunderland, August 3, 1913. On reverse: Published by E. A. Schwerdtieger & Co, London E. C., printed at their works in Berlin.
Friday, 10 September 2010
The man and his new home
The young husband should be able to feel that he has had a part in the selection of carpets and chintzes; drawn by Rosa Lee.
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
Saturday, 21 August 2010
Barcy, interior of the church after the passage of the German troops
Postmarked Army P.O. 2, September 17, 1915. On reverse: On Active Service, passed by censor, No 1080.
Friday, 20 August 2010
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Monday, 19 July 2010
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
A Birthday Wish
Rotary Photo Co Ltd, postmarked Doncaster, 3 January 1927; reverse states "This is a HAND-PAINTED STUDY from a REAL PHOTOGRAPH of a BRITISH Beauty MISS GLADYS COOPER".Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Birthday Wishes
Rotary Photographic Series, postmarked Birmingham, 3 January 1919; photographer: Lallie Charles (Charlotte Elizabeth Martin b. 1869).
Thursday, 1 July 2010
Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Norwegian Sportswear
Mum knitted the kid's version for me when I was about 8; I knitted the adult version for myself several years later.
Wednesday, 23 June 2010
Tuesday, 22 June 2010
Thursday, 17 June 2010
Monday, 14 June 2010
Sunday, 13 June 2010
Father and Son Pullovers
Knitting pattern leaflet published by Patons & Baldwins, early Fifties. Have you spotted the well-known actor?
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