Tinned sponge pudding by Heinz.
This would have been boiled in a saucepan for 40 minutes to heat it up. People would often eat it with hot custard.
Other Heinz puddings to come in tin cans included Spotted Dick but they are better known for their tomato ketchup, salad cream and baked beans. Their tagline from the 1960s “Beanz Meanz Heinz” is thought to be one of the best known advertising slogans in the UK.
Pears transparent soap - Pears is a UK soap brand famous for its whimsical vintage adverts.
Brass bell weights of various values for use with balance scales
One replica ration book and one original ration book belonging to Reginald Austin of Basingstoke.
These colourful tins contained biscuits and were mainly sold at Christmas
Cadbury's Bournville Cocoa for making hot chocolate or baking.
A glass Castor Oil Bottle manufactured by Parkinsons' Ltd, Burnley, Lancashire
Coin, one penny (after decimalisation)
Chef Instant Soup
A small red tin box for keeping savings.
Sixpence from 1953
'Sewing Susan' kit containing needles and a threader
This shilling coin dates from 1948
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