Items from the 1940s

Kellogg's cereal tin box

Kellogg’s Tin

Kellogg's cereal tin box

1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970sShopping

Jelly/Aspic Mould

This fluted mould would have been used to set either a fruit jelly or a savoury aspic

1940s, 1950s, 1960sCookeryHome & Garden
mincer

Mincer

A cast iron mincing machine made by Spong in the 1930’s.

1930s, 1940s, 1950sCookeryHome & Garden
antimacassar

Doily Antimacassar

A green crocheted doily or antimacassar.

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970sHome & GardenHomemade Home
Three penny coin

Three pence – 1943

1943 three penny coin.

1940sShopping
Pifco handheld trouser press

Trouser press

A handheld, plug in portable trouser press.

1940s, 1950sGoing OutHome & Garden
portable oil lamp circa 1950s

Oil Lamp

A handheld oil lamp, ideal for camping.

1940s, 1950sHome & GardenSeaside & Holidays
Needler's chocolate tin

Needler’s Tip Top Milk Chocolates Tin

Tin of Needler's milk chocolates.

1930s, 1940s, 1960s, 1950s, 1970sShopping
National Dried Milk Tin

Welfare Foods National Dried Milk Tin

Tin containing National Dried Milk produced during the Second World War.

1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970sShoppingCookery
Ordnance Survey map of Exeter 1946

Ordnance Survey map of Exeter – 1946

Ordnance Survey ‘New Popular Edition’ map of Exeter published in 1946.

1940sTransport
wooden welsh love spoon

Wooden Love Spoon

Welsh Love Spoon

1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990sHome & Garden

20th Century Football

A leather football from the 20th century, comprising 12 sections of leather stitched together.

1940s, 1950sChildhoodSports