1940s House at IWM London (and a vintage inspired giveaway!)

Posted on by jenny

Giveaway now closed.

The winner, as chosen by the IWM, is Rebecca Murphy. The correct answer was King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

One of my favourite museums in London is the Imperial War Museum and we’ll be popping along between Christmas and New Year for a last look round the 1940s house which is due to close on the 2nd January 2012.

The house, which is at the heart of the well-loved family exhibition The Children’s War, is all dressed up for a traditional Christmas in 1945 and this is the last chance to see it before the exhibition closes on 2 January 2012. Snow has fallen overnight on the house, and inside, preparations for Christmas are being made and the scene is warm and inviting. See the festive food waiting in the kitchen and look around the cosy sitting room that has been bedecked with original garlands and baubles.

Giveaway:

To celebrate this wonderful exhibition I have a mini vintage-inspired food hamper to giveaway to one reader of the gingerbread house.

The mini food hamper contains:
Ration Tea tin
Jar of vintage sweets
Plum jam
Walkers’ Toffee Duo
Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits

To enter:

1) Simply leave me a comment below letting me know your favourite item in the mini hamper

2) Email competition@iwm.org.uk with your answer to the following question “For which couple did Winston Churchill buy for Christmas 1940, a one piece zip-up siren suit and a copy of Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage?”

Please note the winner will be chosen by the IWM.

Click here for the T&C’s.

UK only. Competition ends 2nd January 2012.

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152 thoughts on “1940s House at IWM London (and a vintage inspired giveaway!)”

  8. It would have to be Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits, I don’t know what they are, but I’m wild to try them

  16. Its tough to call, they all look great, but I vote for Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits.

  19. Has to be the plum jam. Brings back so many memories of mum making her own jams and selling them at the WI.

  31. The jar of vintage sweets – would be my favourite item in the mini hamper: always traditional at Christmas!

  33. would have to be the vintage sweets for a trip down memory lane and the ideal time to revisit fond memories

  39. Definitely the jar of vintage sweets. With rationing still on that would have been every child’s delight.

  49. the toffee duo would be my favourite though all the items sound fab i love proper toffee and walkers do the best

  50. My favourite would have to be the jar of vintage sweets – you can’t beat the classics

  56. As I collect tea tins, the answer would be a tea tin, lol.
    Not an easy question, I have googled without any success, so hope my guess is correct.

  66. The Walkers Toffee… Yum!! I used to eat this as a child, it helped to pull loose milk teeth out ! LOL

  76. I like the sound of walkers toffee duo and so does my dentist as shes rubbing her hands together lol.

  78. Plum Jam for me! It would bring back the lovely memories of my Grandma who made jam right up until she passed away.

    1. Well it would have to be the walkers toffee duo – why cause I’m a walker and I’m also very sweet x

  94. Plum jam! I do enjoy a nice piece of buttered toast with a slathering of jam, there’s something so cosy about it!

  97. My favourite will probably be the Walkers Toffee Duo, but if I win I will try them all and let you know!!!

  98. Walkers Toffee Duo as it reminds me of my Grandma – she always had a toffee in the house.

  100. Definitely the jar of vintage sweets to bring back all those forgotten childhood memories.

  104. The Plum Jam.. this brings back childhood memories as I used to help my nan make plum jam and it was absolutely delicious! 🙂

  105. I’d love the jar of vintage sweets – I’m sure that the sweets all tasted better years ago, so maybe the vintage ones would be the best

  111. Has to be the plum jam, I’ve tasted homemade and it has a lovely tang other jams just don’t have.

  117. They all sound lovely and so cute, but I think my fave would be Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits – I am a biscuit fiend!

  123. In the name of Cliff Richard and all things christmas the Walkers Toffee Duo’s right up my street! 🙂

  131. my favourite item is the Walkers Toffee. I haven’t had toffee for years but I used to love bashing my slab of toffee to pieces with the little hammer they used to enclse in the pack 🙂 @piperanddaisy

  134. The plum jam, when I was little we lived in a house that had an old Victoria plum tree in the garden The plums were delicious and made lovely jam.

  137. The Ration Tea Tin – a reminder of the hard times our predecessors experienced.

  151. My favourite has to the the Walker’s toffee without a doubt, growing up I always remember my mother at Christmas time buying toffee in trays and you had to break it with the little hammer provided, I am now a big fan of toffee 🙂

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