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Save your old waste paper for conversion into munitions: a vital contribution to the war effort. Double page spread from The Illustrated London News. Date: 1941
WW1 wicker shell cases recycled as umbrella stands, 1915Wicker carrying-cases for German shells, repurposed as umbrella stands in France, 1915. Date: 1915
City of London handcart with scrap metal, WW2WW2 - City of London Corporation handcart containing scrap metal, including bomb ordinance, Southwark Bridge, London. The cart also contains iron railings and general household metalwork
Victorian jewellery remounted as diamond brooches 1937This illustration shows how pieces of Victorian jewellery were being reused as ornamental brooches more in keeping with the 1930s
When Peace Comes Along by Heath Robinson, WW1A Last Use for the Ole Siege Howitzers. A big gun converted into a receptacle for milk on a horse-drawn cart. Ideas for what to do with old war machinery