I Think I Prefer the Tinned Variety

I found this advert in the British Newspaper Archive . It's from the Sunday Mirror on Sunday 28 December 1941. I've saved the clipping in three sections to make it easier to read. Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. I wonder if anyone took any notice of the exhortation. And how the Ministry defined a war worker? And what essential job the woman in the picture is involved in? This second promotion was designed to encourage women to join the WAAF.  It was in the Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail on Monday 27 October 1941. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. Image © Johnston Press plc. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) was the female auxiliary of t

Some while ago I discovered an amazing war artist called Anthony Gross.  In 1942 he sailed on a troop carrier, the m.v. Highland Monarch, from England to Egypt via Sierra Leone and the Indian Ocean.  He made a series of drawings during the eight week voyage which are a fantastic record of daily life on board ship. Check out: Anthony Gross, official war artist, and the Convoy series of drawings and Official war artist Anthony Gross to read more about him. More recently, I've discovered that Anthony Gross had a sister, Phyllis, who was also an artist. 1940 Born Phyllis Isobella Gross, her lifelong nickname was PIG.  Phyllis became one of Britain's most intriguing entrepreneurs and self-made millionaires. After an eight year marriage to Richard Pearsall and subsequent divorce, Phyllis had to support herself and so she became a portrait painter. This was in the 1930s. While working as a portrait painter and trying to find her patrons' houses Phyllis Pearsal