A British comic postcard || A small girl has been depicted in a kitchen on the front of this postcard, wearing very few clothes and holding a kettle and broom. The text below reads, ‘NATIONAL ECONOMY: – / Don’t wear unnecessary clothes about the house.’. ‘Ludgate’ can be seen in the bottom left-hand corner. The typeset details on the reverse include ‘No. 1001’ and ‘British Manufacture’. The postcard is postmarked ‘BLACKPOOL / 7.30 PM / 30 JUL 18’ and ‘BUY NATIONAL WAR BONDS NOW’. It has been addressed in pencil to ‘Miss R Shepherd / 93 New Moss Rd / Cadishead / Nr ? M/C Manchester?. The partly legible message reads, ‘Tuesday / Dear Rose / Just a line to let you know I am having a ripping ? time at Blackpool wish you were here we ? ? Forgot about wages do you mind getting them. ? With love from ? xxxx / Mrs Milligan / Hawkshead House / 93 Albert Road / Blackpool’. || || Postcard || A British comic postcard || Front

Front || Victory medal sent to Dickson’s father as Archibald’s next of kin. To qualify for this medal one had to be mobilised by Britain in any service, and have entered a theatre of war between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. The oak leaf on the ribbon records that Archibald was ‘mentioned in despatches’, a recognition of his bravery. Active service overseas qualified individuals to receive service medals from the British government in the name of the King. Millions were produced, and they were all individually named. Medals awarded to individuals who had not survived were usually received in the post by their closest living relative after the war.

National Egg Collection certificate of honour for Miss Nancy Steele of Woodstock; 2 letters from Gunner Dixey to Nancy Steele. || My mother, Nancy Steele, was born in Woodstock near Oxford and was aged 12 when the war started. She and her sisters collected eggs for the National Egg Collection scheme throughout the war; the eggs were sent to sick and injured soldiers in hospital. I believe the girls would put their names and addresses on the eggs and mother received two letters from one of the recipients, a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery called Arthur William Dixey. At the end of the war, my mother received a certificate for collecting the eggs. I am still amazed that at that time, the eggs travelled to France and arrived unbroken! || || My mother, Nancy Steele's, egg collection certificate || Official document || Home Front || Medical || A large, colourful certificate of honour issued to Nancy Steele for her contribution to the National Egg Collection; the certificate depicts images of wounded soldiers being fed the eggs, the children collecting them and the fund-raising flags sold on flag days. || National Egg Collection