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DescriptionAdvertisement for 'Cherry Blossom Boot Polish'. The cartoon featured on this advertisement shows two uniformed men positioned outside a tent. Visible in the tent are a pair of shiny women's shoes. The accompanying caption reads: 'AT THE GARDEN PARTY / "I say, old chap, Lady Blank has something awfully bright and jolly on foot in her tent!" / "What is it?" / "Why, CHERRY BLOSSOM BOOT POLISH, of course!" A note has been included by the advertiser warning of a supply shortage due to Government restrictions placed on certain raw materials used in the manufacturing process. People were encouraged to use the polish sparingly, 'remembering that a little goes a long way'. With the heavy demand placed on raw materials by the war effort, notices such as this were a common occurrence.
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Summer, 1918
DescriptionThis special summer edition was a selection of some of the best poems, stories and sketches submitted. A note at the back of the magazine informed readers that many of those chosen for inclusion had been written 'in the trenches and dug-outs, whilst the Hun shells are screaming overhead'.
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Blighty
DescriptionA humorous weekly magazine issued free to the troops in the First World War; contained short stories, poems, cartoons, paintings and drawings, with contributions from men on active service. Distributed by the War Office, the Admiralty and the Red Cross, and subsidised through donations and sales to the general public.
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Blighty and Sea Pie
DescriptionEditions of 'Blighty' (1917, 1918) and 'Sea Pie' (1917-1919), First World War magazines with pictures, stories, poems and humour. 'Blighty' was sent free to the men at the front and in the fleet. Profits from sales of 'Sea Pie' went to help sailors and their families.