Two postcards from the Imperial War Museum which consists of five locations, three in London. The most recent of the five is the Churchill War Rooms, opened in London in 1984.Both of the postcards are reprints of "public service announcement" posters of the day. I can understand about eating carrots for your eyes, but it's not clear to me what "Save Bread and you save lives" and "Serve Potatoes and you serve the country" mean.
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I love the carrots and see in black outs. What treasures.
ReplyDeleteI love these!
ReplyDeleteI like potatoes, but...
ReplyDeleteI wonder if it's part of the "Dig for victory" campaign? Bread made from wheat and then fairly highly processed would be a greater drain on resources than self grown potatoes. Home grown vegetables - cheap and healthy. Otherwise I have no idea, but they are great cards!
ReplyDeleteMaybe there was a shortage of wheat.
ReplyDeleteHere is something I found:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A533918
"As the war went on, bread became in short supply. Queues would form outside shops very early in the morning because even if people had coupons, there was no guarantee that shops would have sufficient bread for everyone."
Interesting comment from Postcardy on the bread... I think she may have something there. Love the postcards! PFF
ReplyDeleteTough times...food shortage...
ReplyDeleteIf you find a postcard with wild mammal(s), and it might be available for swap with me, please let me know.
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I think Postcardy is right. I've heard of the war-time bread shortages - caused by wheat shortages. It seems to me I've heard somewhere along the line that it was because there were fewer young men to harvest the wheat, and what wheat did get harvested was sent to feed the soldiers overseas.
ReplyDeleteWhatever the reasons, the posters certainly make for some very interesting postcards!
Happy PFF - a little late.
I LOVE these--especially the one about carrots helping one to see in blackouts!!! Wonderful!
ReplyDeleteHappy PFF!