They are a wonderful reminder of how people just got on with life and cover everything from food shortages, the blitz, and the impact of service life on men and women who had been yanked out of their civilian lives and a few focus on how children adapted to the war.
All were meant to be humorous although having said that some have travelled better than others.
And so over the next few weeks I shall be dipping into the selection starting with this one which was a wry comment on rationing.
Picture; “Where shall we put these old time cookery books, are they ‘Fiction’ or ‘Humour,’” issued by Tuck and Sons from the series All my own work, circa 1944, courtesy of Tuck DB, http://tuckdb.org/
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