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BUTTER WRAPPER: WORLD WAR II

BUTTER WRAPPER: WORLD WAR II

A butter wrapper from United Dairies, clearly labelled 'Government Butter' and with one ounce divisions to assist with war-time rationing by the shopkeeper.From a series of albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, assorted ephemera and a diary, kept by Mrs Lucy Awdry of 14 Franconia Road, Clapham, for the duration of World War II and recording wartime life in London. During the war Mrs Awdry volunteered with the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) assisting with fire watch duties and also at the Clapham War Savings Centre. From the Lambeth Archives Home Front project 2005.
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Collection:Home Front Project 2005
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Ref:06847
Identifier:IV 169 Vol.2
Date:1940

#1926 - 1950  #Awdry Collection  #FOOD AND DRINK  #WAR AND ARMED FORCES