Cheaper Collection

Weymoor Post Office and Hall's Newsagents Shop, Harborne, south-west Birmingham. Note the K3 telephone box/booth/kiosk (right) - the K3, introduced in 1929, again by Giles Gilbert Scott

Comic postcard, Mother craft class for girls Date: 20th century

Knitted womens cardigans 1940
Page from a magazine showing two models wearing knitted cardigans. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing, many chose to knit their own clothes as a cheaper alternative

Knitted swim wear 1940
Page from a magazine showing a model wearing a knitted bikini. Date: 1940

Woolly step-ins & dressy jumper 1940 Woolly step-ins & dressy jumper 1940
Womens clothing in wool with stitch pattern. Date: 1940

Silhouette advertisement for Lapidosus Limited
Silhouette advertisement by H.L. Oakley for Lapidosus Limited of High Holborn, London. Depicting the history of work in stone through the ages, with Stonehenge in the Stone Age

Knitting pattern 1949
Knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a sweater with button front, short sleeve, high neck and small collar. 1949

Knitting pattern 1943
Warm wool lies... Vest and pants for the long winter evenings. A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a womans vest and pants

Knitting pattern 1945
A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a step in slip. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing

Advertisement for Robbialac paint, from Jenson & Nicholson of Stratford, East London. It costs less than wallpaper, slightly more than distemper, but its durability makes it far cheaper than either

Home-made toys for Christmas 1942
Everyone is making toys. Noah never saw so many animals as are coming out of scrap-bags in every household for Christmas. The diagram given for the four animals shown are easy to follow. 1942

Knitting pattern 1944
A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a tuck in blouse and three-toned jacket. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing

Home-made dolly for Christmas 1944
A cutie to make at home. Cut out pattern for a home-made dolly. 1944

Knitting pattern for a baby 1941
A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a knitted dress for a baby. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing

Knitting pattern 1941
A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a v-neck cardigan. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing

Knitting pattern
A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a tuck-in blouse. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing

Poster advertising Silver City Air Ferry
Poster advertising the Silver City Air Ferry for you and your car. Its cheaper, quicker, and easily the best way to cross the Channel

TIN MOULDS
Tin moulds were quite a lot cheaper than copper moulds, around 5 shillings apiece; though even that is quite a lot by todays standards

The Pasha & the Merchant
THE PASHA AND THE MERCHANT A Greek merchant agrees that he will pay three Turks to protect his goods, as they will do this at a cheaper rate than the pasha

untidy Bookshop Window
SALE! Don t judge our shop by its windows, we can t dress windows, but we can sell books cheaper than anyone else in London!

Toys on Xmas Card 1916
Various toys ride together in a carriage at Christmas; its cheaper that way

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