Recipes & Home Life during WW2

A range of adverts and articles offering advice in the home and recipes to readers during World War 2.


A great favourite with Men: spice Cake

Spice Cake This is a rich and heavy textured cake and a great favourite with men: 1 1/2 cupfuls of ...
Advertisement from 1941 featuring a recipe for Potato Pastry

Housekeeping in War-time Britain

Queen Elizabeth, consort of George VI the King of the United Kingdom (and mother of Queen Elizabeth II), visited the ...
Lord Woolton Pie

Lord Woolton Pie: The Official Recipe

Originally called Lord Woolton pie, and later as simply Woolton Pie, this pastry dish of vegetables was widely served in ...

Food Facts: Mother & Child

Government advice given to Expectant Mothers, during th Second World War, on the food they should be trying to eat ...

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 ...
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