Youngers Shoppers' Gazette (Ilkeston ca 1942)

From the collection of

Media Archive for Central England
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Youngers Shoppers' Gazette (Ilkeston ca 1942)


These wartime adverts with their charming graphics originated from a cinema at Ilkeston in Derbyshire. From a one-man window cleaner to the prosperous Ilkeston Co-op a wide range of companies are featured. The war was having a clear impact on everyday life with reference to shipping convoys and the ration book. George Andrew and Sons appear slightly opportunistic however with their plug for spades linked to the government's Dig for Victory campaign.


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