Monthly Archives: February 2012

Improve yourself

Posted on February 24, 2012 by V. Lacey

It’s that time of year again, spring is nearly sprung, and we are beginning to feel a change in the air, that breath of optimism, inspiring us to look ahead to new beginnings, sloughing off the torpid despond of the … Continue reading →

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Law for the million

Posted on February 17, 2012 by V. Lacey

The home front in World War One  has been rather neglected by researchers, but as we saw from last week’s post on cookery in war-time,  the Tower collection contains a wealth of material on the subject.   This 1917 edition … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 14, 2012 by V. Lacey

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Tower Project!

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Hunger is the best sauce: the British diet in war time

Posted on February 10, 2012 by V. Lacey

Here in the Tower Project we are currently cataloguing books which were published during World War One. There are plenty of handbooks and manuals offering advice to those on the ‘Home Front’, especially in the key areas of domestic economy and cookery. There had … Continue reading →

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