A cartoon by Fougasse from 1942 urging the public to be frugal with water and electricity to assist the war effort, implying that waste will only benefit the ‘Hun’ (Germans) and the ‘Japs’ (Japanese). Britain was by this stage at war with both countries.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.Ref: IV\/169\/Vol.11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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