Shillings Collection (#6)

The Strawberry Trade - pottling
Engraving by Ebenezer Landells showing a rural scene with women pottling strawberries. Pottles were small, basket-like containers which would be carried in great quantities by women from Middlesex

Glover Makers 1932
Two cottage glove makers in the Cotswold village of Ashton Keynes, working 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and earning a mere 28 shillings a week during the 1930s Depression

Tom Thumb Cash Register
The handsome " Tom Thumb" cash register is priced at twenty- one pounds and ten shillings

Gas Light Cooker 1935
NEW COOKERS FOR OLD : Mr Therms Special Christmas Offer for the latest enamel cooker with Regulo control for 20 quarterly payments of 12 shillings

Maple Brass Bedstead
A brass bedstead from Maple s, Londons best-known furniture store : cost, 38 shillings to 52s 6d according to width : you tighten the mattress with a handle

March / Pension Increase
30 old age pensioners marched from St Pauls to the House of Commons to demand an increase from 10 shillings to 1 a week. Here they gather for a chat before the march

Surburban Semi
An English suburban semi- detached house in Dudding Hill, Neasden, north London, available for 10 down and 10 shillings 7 pence per week for 15 year"

Mens Combinations
Passion-killers for men ! Picture your boy-friend in these Aertex combinations (open all down front) down to either knees or ankles. Prices from 7 to 14 shillings

Mens Vest and Drawers
Aertex half-sleeve vest and trunk drawers - this two-piece garment suit is priced from seven shillings and sixpence

Using a Good Companion
This lady is using an Imperial Good Companion Model portable, which cost her nineteen pounds and fifteen shillings, including the carrying case

Gifts for the Troops
Card acknowledging a gift of two shillings by Arthur Bray, as part of a scheme whereby schoolchildren send Christmas Gifts to Our brave Soldiers and Sailors

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