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Item Of The Day - World War Two The National Air Raid Precautions ARP Animals Committee 'Animal Guard' Enamel Badge.The ...
28/09/2024

Item Of The Day - World War Two The National Air Raid Precautions ARP Animals Committee 'Animal Guard' Enamel Badge.

The National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee was established to ensure the well-being of domestic and working animals under war conditions. A national register was set up and registered animals were issued with a NARPAC numbered disc attached to their collar as identification.

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Item Of the Day - General Nursing Council For England & Wales 1951 Nurses Enamel Brooch Badge
27/09/2024

Item Of the Day - General Nursing Council For England & Wales 1951 Nurses Enamel Brooch Badge

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Item Of The Day - Kellogs Sugar Smacks Breakfast Cereal 1960's Sooty & Sweep 'Soo' Metal Button Badge
26/09/2024

Item Of The Day - Kellogs Sugar Smacks Breakfast Cereal 1960's Sooty & Sweep 'Soo' Metal Button Badge

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Item Of The Day - World War One British Red Cross Society Cuffley 1916 Zeppelin Wire War Fundraising BadgeOn the night o...
25/09/2024

Item Of The Day - World War One British Red Cross Society Cuffley 1916 Zeppelin Wire War Fundraising Badge

On the night of the 3rd September 1916 the war arrived in a very real way to the small village of Cuffley. A Schutte-Lanz airship SL-11 (a wooden airship which was lighter than a Zeppelin) was on a bombing raid over London and was successfully attacked by 2nd Lieutenant (later Captain) William Leefe Robinson of the No.39 Home Defence Squadron. His small biplane used a new type of incendiary ammunition to set the ship alight. SL-11 came down to earth behind the Plough Inn at Cuffley. The entire 15-man crew was killed. It became the first airship shot down on British soil and Leefe Robinson was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions. A memorial stands on the sight of the crash today.

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Item Of The Day - World War Two Womens Land Army WLA Workers Enamel Brooch BadgeAs the prospect of war became increasing...
24/09/2024

Item Of The Day - World War Two Womens Land Army WLA Workers Enamel Brooch Badge

As the prospect of war became increasingly likely, the government wanted to increase the amount of food grown within Britain. In April 1939, peacetime conscription was introduced for the first time in British history, which led to shortages of workers on the farms. To grow more food, more help was needed on the farms and so the government restarted the Women's Land Army in July 1939. Though under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, it was given an honorary head – Lady Denman. At first it asked for volunteers. This was supplemented by conscription, so that by 1944 it had over 80,000 members.

Inez Jenkins, who had served as Lady Deman's assistant director during the establishment of the WLA served as Chief Administrative Officer until 1948. The last Chief of the WLA was Amy Curtis. The WLA lasted until its official disbandment on 30 November 1950.

The majority of the Land Girls already lived in the countryside, but more than a third came from London and the industrial cities of the north of England. A separate branch was set up in 1942 for forestry industry work, officially known as the Women's Timber Corps and with its members colloquially known as "Lumber Jills" – this was disbanded in 1946

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Item Of the Day - Support Sacked Miners 1984-1985 Miners Strike Supporters Enamel Pin Brooch Badge
23/09/2024

Item Of the Day - Support Sacked Miners 1984-1985 Miners Strike Supporters Enamel Pin Brooch Badge

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Item Of The Day - The Royal Society For The Prevention of Accidents Childrens Road Safety 'Tufty Club' Members Metal But...
22/09/2024

Item Of The Day - The Royal Society For The Prevention of Accidents Childrens Road Safety 'Tufty Club' Members Metal Button Badge

Tufty Fluffytail is RoSPA’s iconic red squirrel who was instrumental in helping millions of children to learn about road safety from the 1950s-1990s.

Created in 1953 by Elsie Mills MBE, who worked on child safety initiatives at RoSPA, Tufty helped to communicate simple safety messages to children across the UK.

In 1961, his influence was cemented through the formation of the Tufty Club – a nationwide network of local road safety groups for children. At its peak, there were 24,500 registered Tufty Clubs, with membership passing two million children in 1972.

Although focusing on road safety education, Tufty and his Furryfolk friends, including Policeman Badger, W***y Weasel, Minnie Mole and Mrs Owl, also made forays into other areas of child safety, including home and water safety.

Story books, TV fillers (some voiced by Bernard Cribbins), comics, board games, handkerchiefs, jigsaw puzzles, stickers, colouring books, Christmas cards, soft toys, ceramic figures, puppets, toothbrushes, mealtime sets, knitting patterns, nightwear fabric and song sheets were among the items that helped to maintain Tufty’s profile.

Tufty’s image was changed to keep up with the times in 1979 and again in 1993, before new methods of helping children to learn about road safety came to the fore. In 2007, Tufty once again rose to national prominence when he made a guest appearance in the cult BBC series Life on Mars.

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Item Of The Day - The National Union Of Railwaymen 1927 Members Silver & Enamel Fob Badge Medal
21/09/2024

Item Of The Day - The National Union Of Railwaymen 1927 Members Silver & Enamel Fob Badge Medal

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Item Of the Day - World War One 1914 Mons Star Medal Trio - 1976 Private L Abbot, 1/4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment
20/09/2024

Item Of the Day - World War One 1914 Mons Star Medal Trio - 1976 Private L Abbot, 1/4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment

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Item Of The Day - World War One Preston Military Training Corps Members Enamel Lapel Brooch Badge
19/09/2024

Item Of The Day - World War One Preston Military Training Corps Members Enamel Lapel Brooch Badge

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Item Of The Day - World War Two Cheadle Rural District Spitfire Fund Contributors Enamel Brooch Badge
18/09/2024

Item Of The Day - World War Two Cheadle Rural District Spitfire Fund Contributors Enamel Brooch Badge

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Item Of The Day - World War One Princess Marys Christmas Fund 1914 Gift Tin.In October 1914, George V's 17-year-old daug...
17/09/2024

Item Of The Day - World War One Princess Marys Christmas Fund 1914 Gift Tin.

In October 1914, George V's 17-year-old daughter, Mary, Princess Royal, launched an appeal to fund every member of the armed forces receiving a Christmas gift. Each was decorated with an image of Mary and other military and imperial symbols and typically filled with an ounce of to***co, a packet of ci******es in a yellow monogrammed wrapper, a cigarette lighter, and a Christmas card and photograph from Princess Mary. Some contained sweets, chocolates, and lemon drops.
The boxes were originally intended for "every sailor afloat and every soldier at the front" on Christmas day 1914, but eligibility was soon extended to everyone "wearing the King's uniform on Christmas day". Whilst around 400,000 were delivered by Christmas, distribution was not completed until 1920 by which time approximately 2.5 million had been delivered.

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