Box 1: The Forties

1.Daily Herald Newspaper
2.Gas Mask (MDR3)
3.Land Army dungaree-style overalls (1998.222.5)
4.Two cards of wartime darning wool (4618.1&.4)
5.Air raid shelter notice on enamel (4618.1&.4)
6.The Best of Big Bands CD
7.Baby’s petticoat with utility mark (L4445)
8.Pair of army Gaiters (L4356.3.1-.2)
9.Window tape (L5169)
10.Tin of Pholcodine Throat Pastilles
11.Black out curtain material (1990.874)
12.Utility gloves (x1995.199.1-.2)  
13.Booklet – Protecting your home against raids (L553)
14.a) Ministry of Food Leaflet No. 9
b) Dig for Victory leaflet No.1
c) Wartime Advice for Housewives Card
15.Stockings (L4550.20)
16.Photo – Vera Lynn and the Troops
17.Photo – Bomb Damage
18.‘Save your Silver’ War Certificate 1916 (L192)
19.Poster – War Time Recipe Books and food information booklets
20.Sewing pattern for underwear (L5168)  
21.Home Doctor booklet  
22.Ifield residents on VE Day  
23.Satin Panties (5166)
24.Ration Book Cookery
25.  A Few Wartime Recipes (583)
26.Identity Card (L1087)
27.DVD - 1945 Original Recordings
28.Photo – VE Day Street Parade Horsham
29.Clothing coupon book
30.Supplementary Clothing Coupon Book (L4522.2.)
31.Hat – Ladies black felt hat with beaded leaves (L4289.1)
32.HM Forces Post Bag from India
33.1939 – 1945 Wartime Britain DVD set
34.Bowler Hat
35.Elizabeth Arden Lipstick
36.Shopping magazine
37.Beaded evening bag
38.DVD – How the War was Won
39 (a)Book – Eating for Victory
39 (b)Victory Cook book

Total:  40 Items    Value:£450.

1940s Music

• The White Cliffs of Dover – Vera Lynn, 1942
• Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun? - Noel Coward, 1941
• Chatanooga Choo Choo – Green Miller, 1941
• You always hurt the ones you love – Paper Doll, 1943
• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters, 1941
• Swinging on a Star -The Williams, Bros + Bing Crosby, 1944
• Green Eyes – Bob Ederly, 1946
• In the Mood - Glen Miller, 1941
• Don’t Fence me in - Gene Austry, 1944
• Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers, 1942
• White Christmas - Bing Crosby, 1942
• That Soldier of Mine - Harry James and His Orchestra (Vocal Helen Forrest), 1942
• Near You – Francis Craig and His Orchestra, 1947
• Frensei - Artie Shaw and His Orchestra, 1941
• Riders in the Sky (a cowboy legend) - Vaughn Monroe and his orchestra, 1949
• Buttons and Bows - Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra (vocal Frank Sinatra), 1947
• Twelfth Street - Les Brown and his Orchestra (vocal chorus by Doris Day), Rag, 1947

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