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POSTERS - More added
We have just added another 20 wartime posters to our colection If you are after something specific that isn't there then please get in touch. We can also print posters specifically tailored/customised to you.

BOOKS
A variety of specialist books have been added many of which we have been able to obtain at a great discount which we can pass on to you. Be quick though as we have limited quantities.

Thanks for all your continued support and do please continue to email me with your reviews, reminiscences and comments for the site and the magazine.

1940 Society Best Selling Items

016 Dig for victory now £5.99 Reproduction Poster printed on heavy coated mat paper (aprox. 20 x 30 inches) Authentic looking reproduction. Dig for Victory was one of the most well known wartime slogans. Everyone from school children to pensioners were encouraged to grow their own vegetables to help the war effort. find out more	Let Us Go Forward Together (large) £5.99 A good quality reproduction poster (aprox. 20 x 30 inches) of a rare wartime poster. "Let Us Go Forward Together" Great for an event or to frame. find out more	Dig For Victory (large) £5.99 A good quality reproduction poster (aprox. 20 x 30 inches) of a rare wartime poster. "Dig For Victory" Great for an event or to frame. find out more

Air Raid Wardens Wanted (large) £5.99 A good quality reproduction poster (aprox. 20 x 30 inches) of a rare wartime poster. "Air Raid Wardens Wanted" Great for an event or to frame. find out more	Back the Great Attack (large) £5.99 A good quality reproduction poster (aprox. 20 x 30 inches) of a rare wartime poster. "Back the Great Attack" Great for an event or to frame. find out more	015 Useful jobs that girls can do £5.99 Reproduction Poster printed on heavy coated mat paper (aprox. 20 x 30 inches) Authentic looking reproduction. Everyone had to pull their weight in wartime including the children. This poster highlights some of the jobs that girls could do around the house to help the war effort. Its interesting to look at the differant jobs that girls were expected to undertake compared to the jobs boys were expected to do (in the poster above). find out more