Government advice given to Expectant Mothers, during th Second World War, on the food they should be trying to eat …
Public Advice notices
Throughout the war years, local newspapers were a source of information and often provided readers with a wealth of advice from housekeeping in wartime, advice on what to do before going to your shelter and even etiquette for travelling on public transport with Billy Brown’s Guide to London Transport
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Billy Brown’s Guide to London Transport
Here is another fine example of the Billy Brown character, invented by cartoonist David Langdon OBE, giving advice on using …
What to Do Before Going into Your Shelter
Before, during and after the raid What to do before going into your Shelter – and the help that is …
Tea-Time Gossip
As written in the Bromley & District News on 27th September, 1940 (page 2) Under the Bed A near-by A.A. …
Homekeeping in Wartime
This article featured in the Bromley & District Times in August 1940, providing advice to housewives to help the with …
Food Facts, August 1940
A regular feature in the local newspaper in the 1940’s, here is another list of useful ‘Food Facts’ for readers …
Lifebuoy Soap – Advert, 1940
Lifebuoy was introduced in England by Lever Brothers in 1895, and marketed as a soap that could be used in …
Grow Fit not Fat on your War Diet!
The Ministry of Food published some food facts in local newspapers during WW2 to encourage readers to ‘Cut of “Extras”, …
Making Ends Meet
Advert for National Savings Certificates Making Ends Meet Think of Great Britain as one great factory. Working at full pressure …
Oh for an electric dish-washer!
The first dishwasher was invented in the USA in 1857 by Josephine Cochrane (trust a woman to realise the value …
Why do the British love to Queue?
I really like this advertisement to encourage people to queue in an orderly fashion for the trains and buses. It …
Spring Cleaning the 1918 Way
Want to clean your carpets? From steam carpet beating to the cordless vacuums today. Advert taken from the Bromley & …
Salt a Good Cleanser
Household hints were often printed in the local newspapers. The following account was printed in the Bromley & District Time …
Care of candles and lamps
To the country resident the problem of lighting the house is always more or less a vexed one. Candles for …