Items from the 1940s
Snooker/Billiard Ball Set
A snooker/billiard ball set with chalk
Tweed Talcum Powder by Lentheric
Tweed Talcum powder manufactured by Lentheric.
Cigarette case
The object is a stylish, slim case designed to hold cigarettes
Beater for carpets and rugs
This wicker hand-held beater is designed to beat dust out of carpets and rugs.
Bobbins
Bobbins used to store sewing thread.
Wartime Cookery Book
Wartime cookery book containing recipes based on ingredients available during food rationing
Manual hair trimmer
Vintage manual hair clippers
Hairbrush
A vintage hair brush usually a part of a larger matching set of vanity items for the dressing table
Cigars
Royal Jamaica Cigars, produced by the Jamaica Tobacco Manufacturing Company.
Bicycle horn/hooter
A bicycle horn/hooter that when squeezed warns pedestrians that a cyclist is present.
Toy replica rowing boat
Toy replica wooden rowing boat with two oars.
Dyto Bicycle chain
A single speed replacement bicycle chain with the width and height dimensions of ½ x ⅛ inches
I.T.M.A. 2 Cassette Tape Recording
I.T.M.A. - “It’s That Man Again” was a BBC radio comedy series that ran between 1939-1949.
Child’s First Piano Book JIBBIDY-F and A-C-E
This first piano book is illustrated to help children/adults to learn to read, write and play music
White metal thimble
A needleworker's thimble in white metal, possibly silver.