The Squander Bug was propaganda character created during the Second War War by artist Phillip Boydell, an employee of the British National Savings Committee. The unpleasant-looking character was used for press adverts, as well as widely used by other wartime artists in poster campaigns and political cartoons. At the time, the British National Savings Committee had become concerned that inflated prices were being paid for consumer goods that were in short supply and believed that the money would be better spent on savings certificates to help with the war effort.…
Tag: War effort
Making Ends Meet
Advert for National Savings Certificates Making Ends Meet Think of Great Britain as one great factory. Working at full pressure its output of goods can be vastly increased. But from this entire output must come both the seeds of the fighting services and the requirements of the rest of us. The Services must come first. The war must be won and in the shortest possible time. This means – and we must face the hard fact – that you and I must go without many of the things we used…