Forties Collection (#87)

Britain poster, Birmingham, Britains Second City, by Val Doone for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1940s

Britain poster, Watergate Street Row, Chester, by J Dixon Scott for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Britain poster, Harlech Castle and Snowdonia, by Val Doone for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1940s

Britain poster, Leamington Spa, The Parade, by Zenas Carter for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Britain poster, Leicester, 14th century Guildhall
Britain poster, Leicester, the 14th century Guildhall, by J Dixon-Scott for The Travel Association. Date: 1948

Britain poster, Southampton Bargate, by Chandlers for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Britain poster, Winchester Deanery and Cathedral, by Val Doone for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Britain poster, Northern Ireland, Mountains of Morne
Britain poster, Northern Ireland, The Mountains of Morne, for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

Britain poster, Lincoln Cathedral and Vicars Court, for The Travel Association. Date: circa 1948

WW2 poster, Industrial Propaganda keeps production up to concert pitch. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, We re working for our lives
WW2 poster, We re not only working for our living, we re working for our lives. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, don t walk on aluminium sheet metal
WW2 poster, By all means walk out with your girl, thats your affair. But on no account walk on our aluminium sheet metal, walk round it! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Don t do things by halves! Attention to detail is essential. Only on good workmanship can the sails of victory be set. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Elephants know no arithmetic. Its the little things that count. Attention to detail is vital to all good work. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Get this into your head, Mister! When material in short supply is received, it must be supplied to production floor at lightning speed. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Tommys always on the job! Are you? Stick to your guns. Victory won t wait for the worker whos late! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, cut this out of working hours (petty jealousies, bickering), remember its the enemy you re fighting! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, To all the hands in this factory, you ve got the right idea at your finger tips -- thanks! Increased Production. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, De Havilland productivity -- lost last week 1034 working hours, a gift to German industry, reward of national gratitude will be paid for their recovery

WW2 poster, careful handling of material
WW2 poster, knockabout comedy is funny on the films but its not funny in the factory. Careful handling of material costs you nothing -- carelessness costs the nation pounds! Design by Victor Hicks

WW2 safety poster, Don t Take Risks, Take Care. Use a ladder to top bins or the unexpected is just what is to be expected! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, G R Notes are the Key Notes
WW2 poster, G R [Goods Received?] Notes are the Key Notes of harmonious store keeping. Wrong information and careless handling causes discord. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, quality and quantity of goods
WW2 poster, the quality of our incoming goods is ok -- see that your checking of quantities is ok -- other departments depend on your ok... ok? Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Draw Attention to Low Stock
WW2 poster, Draw Attention to It -- Low Stocks are the forerunner of No Stocks. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Load Your Van With Care, having regard to items loaded. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Tidy Stores -- theres a place for everything -- put everything in its place! Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Don t Act The Goat! Don t bash your way past stacks on sheet -- this form of carelessness amounts to sabotage! By Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Be quick in your clearance of goods inwards to stores -- make lightning speed with accuracy your motto. Date: 1940s

Poster advertising Greece and the Palace of Knossos in Crete. Date: 1949

WW2 poster, Achtung! Achtung! The Lancaster strikes by night, the Fortress strikes by day. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Victory of the Allies is Assured, showing a British submarine sinking an enemy ship. Date: 1940s

WW2 poster, Thank You Gold Coast! Your Manganese makes steel for fighting ships. Date: 1940s

Poster design, British and American shipping
Poster design, Britain and America have over two million tons more shipping today than in August 1942

Rene Fraser on way up The Thames to Bourne End in 1947 / 8
Rene Fraser on way up The Thames to Bourne End in 1947/8. Date: circa 1947

British coins, two George VI farthings (a quarter of a penny) for 1949 and 1951, with a wren on the reverse. The farthing ceased to be legal tender after 1960. Date: 1949, 1951

British coins, two George VI sixpences for 1948 and 1950, with slightly different designs on the reverse. Date: 1948, 1950

British coin, George VI threepenny bit
British coin, a George VI threepenny bit. Date: 1943

British coins, two George VI shillings for 1945 and 1948. With a lion and crown on the reverse, showing two different styles. Date: 1945, 1948

British coin, George VI florin
British coin, a George VI florin (two shillings). Date: 1948

British coin, George VI half crown
British coin, a George VI half crown (two shillings and sixpence, or 30 pennies). Date: 1948

Advert for Gor-ray skirts 1948
Gor-ray skirts one better! and no nonsense. 1948

1940s woman
A woman, Dorothy Margaret Hunt (born 1924), poses by a trellis and arch in a garden wearing a typical 1940s skirt suit, with a double-breasted jacket, leather gloves and a hat a jaunty angle

Advert from the National Savings Committee 1944
Salute the soldiers. How can we show our gratitude to these men? The best, the most practical tribute we can offer them is to give them our complete support, by saving more

Weekly food ration for one person 1946
Weekly rationed food post Second World War in Britain. Bread and vegetables where unrationed, tins where obtained by points. Date: 1946

Book cover, Learning to Spell, by Irene Martyn. Showing a girl at a desk in front of a blackboard. Date: circa 1940s

Magnetic mine and counter moves by G. H. Davis
A battle of wits: the magnetic mine and the counter-moves, a battle of wits: new types of mines countered by the Navy. Naval experts versus the enemy

Underwater pioneers by G. H. Davis
Underwater pioneers: early ancestors of our midget submarines. Some 17th to 20th century designs: primitive forerunners of Britains latest naval weapon. Date: 1943

Rise of the Labour Party in Britain by G. H. Davis
The rise of the Labour Party in the British Parliament over the course of 45 years, symbolised as a river growing wider and wider

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