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

Posted on December 19, 2011

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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  • ashleigh
    December 20, 2011 at 8:24 am

    my favourite would be the Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits

  • Kara Guppy
    December 20, 2011 at 8:50 am

    I quite fancy the Walkers Toffee Duo

  • Christals Creations
    December 20, 2011 at 11:02 pm

    Thats a hard one the ration tea tin or the Walkers duo. . . or the sweets!
    I think the walkers duo though hubby fancies the tin. :o)

  • Carolin
    December 21, 2011 at 9:01 pm

    My vote goes to the vintage sweets

    @caro_mad x

  • carole maciver
    December 22, 2011 at 4:33 pm

    walkers toffee duo

  • John Taggart
    December 22, 2011 at 4:50 pm

    Jar of Vintage Sweets!

  • Heather
    December 22, 2011 at 4:55 pm

    The Walkers toffee duo

  • Rikka Borston
    December 22, 2011 at 7:09 pm

    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

  • claire woods
    December 22, 2011 at 7:52 pm

    Ration Tea tin

  • K Beer
    December 22, 2011 at 8:22 pm

    Jar of vintage sweets
    memories -mmmm

  • Claire Smith
    December 22, 2011 at 9:20 pm

    Plum Jam on a fruit scone accompanied by a liberal helping of butter!

  • Ian Yates
    December 22, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    Vintage sweets

  • Karen D
    December 22, 2011 at 10:37 pm

    vintage sweets sound great

  • Kate O'Neill
    December 22, 2011 at 11:19 pm

    Vintage sweets all the way!

  • Ursula Crocker
    December 23, 2011 at 12:21 am

    The Walkers toffee duo

  • David Pritchard
    December 23, 2011 at 8:29 am

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

  • elaine finnerty
    December 23, 2011 at 9:10 am

    Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits

  • Jane Barrett
    December 23, 2011 at 10:33 am

    For me it would have to be the sweets.

  • CarolineJulie
    December 23, 2011 at 2:14 pm

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

  • Cheron
    December 23, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    Plum jam…ooh nom nom nom x

  • GLENIS SHARPE
    December 23, 2011 at 3:52 pm

    LOVE WALKERS TOFFEE

  • Joan
    December 23, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits

  • Emma Craven
    December 23, 2011 at 4:27 pm

    The Ration Tea tin!

  • Hazel
    December 23, 2011 at 5:27 pm

    Plum Jam – I remember the taste of the stuff my mum used to make and it was delicious!

  • Jill Osborne
    December 23, 2011 at 6:04 pm

    Like the sound of Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits

  • ann clements
    December 23, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    Jar of vintage sweets – lovely flavours

  • marmaduke987@hotmail.com
    December 23, 2011 at 6:46 pm

    Plum jam…..fruity sweet and no stones perfect

  • Maya Russell
    December 23, 2011 at 7:27 pm

    My favourite item is the Ration Tea Tin.

  • Lisa Waugh
    December 23, 2011 at 8:30 pm

    ration tea tins sound great!

  • jessica whitehead-stevens (@jessws2011)
    December 23, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    Vintage sweets lol

  • Rebecca Murphy
    December 23, 2011 at 10:50 pm

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

  • Dawn Henson
    December 24, 2011 at 5:58 am

    Its got to be Plum Jam. I love it. My Grandma used to make it!

  • Christina Palmer
    December 24, 2011 at 2:41 pm

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

  • jayne hall
    December 24, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    yummy toffee

  • crete999@hotmail.co.uk
    December 24, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    Jar of vintage sweets sounds rather interesting

  • Paul clarke
    December 25, 2011 at 8:04 am

    I’ll have the tea please, thanks ery much.

  • Gabrielle Svensson
    December 25, 2011 at 8:40 am

    It has to be the jar of vintage sweets! x

  • Rochelle lear
    December 25, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    Ration Tea tin

  • Judith Hamilton
    December 25, 2011 at 4:46 pm

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

  • isobelle forde
    December 25, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    The Ration Tea tin! 🙂

  • Julie Booth
    December 25, 2011 at 11:39 pm

    My favourite would be the vintage sweets.

  • Jennifer Schofield
    December 26, 2011 at 9:57 am

    Walkers Toffe Duo

  • greigspencer@live.co.uk
    December 27, 2011 at 9:42 am

    Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits mmmm nice lol

  • Kate Cunningham
    December 27, 2011 at 9:58 am

    I love the sound of the plum jam.
    @01592_katie

  • Lynn Brown
    December 27, 2011 at 11:44 am

    Got to be the jar of vintage sweets.

  • cheryl lovell
    December 27, 2011 at 11:58 am

    jar of vintage sweets…yummmy!

  • Lisa Priscilla
    December 27, 2011 at 12:51 pm

    I love a nice biscuit with a cup of tea so I think I would love the ‘Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits’…. 😉

  • Claire Toplis
    December 27, 2011 at 5:13 pm

    I like to get my gums around the PLum jam mmmmmmmmm

  • laura jones
    December 27, 2011 at 5:15 pm

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

  • Katrina Adams
    December 28, 2011 at 1:25 pm

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

  • kieranwalsh1949@googlemail.com
    December 28, 2011 at 7:50 pm

    my fav is the vintage sweets, but its hard to make a choice

  • sonia laddams
    December 28, 2011 at 8:13 pm

    WALKERS TOFFEE DUO

  • Lorraine Saeed
    December 29, 2011 at 12:05 am

    Grandma’s biscuits 🙂

  • Tracey Wright
    December 29, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    my favourite item in the mini hamper is the Plum Jam

  • Lindy
    December 29, 2011 at 2:17 pm

    Plum jam delicious!

  • Galina V
    December 29, 2011 at 5:19 pm

    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.

  • rhian p
    December 29, 2011 at 8:59 pm

    Plum jam sounds good

  • Sara Friend
    December 30, 2011 at 1:34 pm

    Definitely the plum jam – scrummy!

  • Beverley
    December 30, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    Has to be the vintage sweets – yummy!

  • helena haddock
    December 30, 2011 at 5:38 pm

    Walkers’ Toffee Duo

  • Paul Ellams
    December 30, 2011 at 6:06 pm

    Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits

  • JEANETTE KEMP
    December 30, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    WALKERS TOFFEE EVERYTIME PLEASE

  • melanie smith
    December 30, 2011 at 8:28 pm

    for me its the Ration Tea tin i would love to keep my tea bags in it xx

  • tracy dodd
    December 30, 2011 at 9:25 pm

    it has to be the toffee

  • Daisy Bryan
    December 30, 2011 at 11:34 pm

    I would love the ration tea tin, I love vintage things! 🙂

  • Deborah Swain
    December 31, 2011 at 7:15 am

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

  • neil m
    December 31, 2011 at 8:49 am

    Would have to be the Jar of vintage sweets! Can’t get enough sweets!lol 🙂

  • Rachael Lines
    December 31, 2011 at 9:54 am

    The tea tin sounds wonderful, would keep hubbys earl grey in it.

  • oneill.jackie@ymail.com
    December 31, 2011 at 11:29 am

    Jar of vintage sweets

  • Ann Grisdale
    December 31, 2011 at 12:38 pm

    Ration tea tin

  • Michael Williams
    December 31, 2011 at 12:46 pm

    yum yum plum jam

  • DENISE CROSS
    December 31, 2011 at 1:09 pm

    My husband has just discovered the bread maker again so it would have to be the Plum Jam.

  • vicky haddock
    December 31, 2011 at 4:47 pm

    Jar of vintage sweets

  • Andrew Cakebread
    December 31, 2011 at 5:42 pm

    plum jab sounds really delightful 🙂

  • Laura Pritchard
    December 31, 2011 at 7:03 pm

    I like the sound of Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits!

  • sandy shaheen
    December 31, 2011 at 9:49 pm

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

  • Filipa Woodrough
    December 31, 2011 at 9:56 pm

    Mmmm the Plum jam sounds yummilicious!!

  • Kate Jordan
    December 31, 2011 at 11:25 pm

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

  • Gillian Holmes
    December 31, 2011 at 11:45 pm

    Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits sound intriguing.

  • Margaret Payne
    January 1, 2012 at 7:47 am

    My favourite would be the Plum jam 🙂

  • Margaret
    January 1, 2012 at 8:50 am

    The plum jam gets my vote – perfect on fresh bread!

  • nicks-1983@hotmail.com
    January 1, 2012 at 9:42 am

    vintage sweets nom nom 🙂

  • Katie Simmonds
    January 1, 2012 at 10:52 am

    My favourite item is the traditional biscuits

    • Denise Walker
      January 1, 2012 at 1:22 pm

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

  • Tracey Belcher
    January 1, 2012 at 11:43 am

    Oh my – I love Plum Jam! Have not had real Plum Jam for so long!

  • Shal Hodder
    January 1, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    It would be the Walkers toffee duo

  • KATHY DOWNING
    January 1, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    Ration Tea Tin – would take mum back to the good old days

  • Janine Atkin
    January 1, 2012 at 2:10 pm

    the Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits sound interesting!

  • Matthew Fuller
    January 1, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits sound nice…

  • Jane Morfett
    January 1, 2012 at 2:27 pm

    Walkers toffee duo sounds good!

  • Renee Armstrong
    January 1, 2012 at 2:40 pm

    The Ration Tea tin !

  • Rach
    January 1, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    My favourite would be Grandma Wild’s traditional style biscuits.

  • Katherine Coldicott
    January 1, 2012 at 3:20 pm

    Plum Jam

  • Sue Matejtschuk
    January 1, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    The toffee duo for me!

  • ali thorpe
    January 1, 2012 at 4:14 pm

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

  • Lucy Richards
    January 1, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    Plum Jam…delicious on toast for breakfast. xx

  • helen rhoads
    January 1, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    i quite fancy the Ration Tea tin

  • Alyson Guy
    January 1, 2012 at 5:48 pm

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

  • Steph Armstrong
    January 1, 2012 at 5:52 pm

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

  • helen rosbotham
    January 1, 2012 at 6:26 pm

    Walkers toffee duo I love toffee!!

  • Gill Saunders
    January 1, 2012 at 6:29 pm

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

  • epricetemp@googlemail.com
    January 1, 2012 at 6:39 pm

    Ration tin

  • Krissy Del Agua
    January 1, 2012 at 6:41 pm

    Plum Jam :0)

  • t.quinn@hotmail.co.uk
    January 1, 2012 at 6:47 pm

    It would have to be Walkers’ Toffee Duo, I love toffee xx

  • Melanie Pennie
    January 1, 2012 at 7:04 pm

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

  • sheridarby@aol.com
    January 1, 2012 at 8:07 pm

    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

  • Dawn McBean
    January 1, 2012 at 8:17 pm

    The walkers toffee duo

  • DANA
    January 1, 2012 at 8:38 pm

    my favourite is the plum jam

  • christine reid
    January 1, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    I really like the Tea Tin

  • Dragonfly63
    January 1, 2012 at 8:55 pm

    The Walkers toffee duo-nmh

  • ali mckenzie
    January 1, 2012 at 9:53 pm

    Jar of vintage sweets

  • Ann
    January 1, 2012 at 10:17 pm

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

  • Sarah Hill
    January 1, 2012 at 10:34 pm

    Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits

  • Rick Carr
    January 1, 2012 at 10:37 pm

    Walkers Toffee Duo

  • Tracey Mc
    January 1, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    The Ration Tea Tin as I drink so much tea.

  • Becky Downey
    January 1, 2012 at 11:28 pm

    Walkers’ Toffee Duo

  • victoria wilkinson
    January 1, 2012 at 11:53 pm

    Jar of vintage sweets 🙂

  • Laura Lott
    January 2, 2012 at 1:48 am

    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!

  • Sandra
    January 2, 2012 at 9:11 am

    The Ration Tea Tin – what a lovely thing it is!

  • Sean Hubbard-Read
    January 2, 2012 at 9:39 am

    Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits

  • sionaledgibby@hotmail.co.uk
    January 2, 2012 at 9:41 am

    definitely the plum jam!!

  • juliette
    January 2, 2012 at 10:06 am

    The Ration Tea tin is my favourite; it’s lovely

  • Pat Stubbs
    January 2, 2012 at 10:15 am

    Walkers toffee duo

  • Hannah Jeffery
    January 2, 2012 at 11:01 am

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

  • Karen Lowe
    January 2, 2012 at 11:09 am

    My favourite would be the Toffee-all that naughty but nice stickiness!

  • Kayleigh Mayhew
    January 2, 2012 at 11:13 am

    The Vintage Sweets would be my favourite item

  • sarah brobin
    January 2, 2012 at 11:13 am

    the ration tea tin is FAB

  • Belinda Matthews
    January 2, 2012 at 11:27 am

    Jar of vintage sweets

  • susan thornton
    January 2, 2012 at 11:57 am

    Walkers toffee duo please!

  • Nickie Chapman
    January 2, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    Vintage sweets!

  • Kirsty Sparks
    January 2, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    I’d say the sweets 🙂 you can never be too sweet 🙂

  • Piper and Daisy
    January 2, 2012 at 3:03 pm

    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

  • Carol Wright
    January 2, 2012 at 3:11 pm

    My favourite is the jar of vintage sweets 🙂

  • Jenna Covell
    January 2, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    Its gotta be the Plum jam for me! Nommie 😀

  • Sue
    January 2, 2012 at 4:44 pm

    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.

  • A Statham
    January 2, 2012 at 6:40 pm

    Ration tea tin

  • Lynsey Buchanan
    January 2, 2012 at 7:24 pm

    Jar of vintage sweets

  • Kathryn Casbolt
    January 2, 2012 at 8:00 pm

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

  • Silvia
    January 2, 2012 at 8:43 pm

    I love plum jam! It’s surprisingly versatile.

  • Nicola Stewart
    January 2, 2012 at 8:48 pm

    Walkers’ Toffee Duo

  • jackie rushton
    January 2, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Plum jam – a lovely fruity treat!

  • FREDA KERSLAKE
    January 2, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    I just can’t make up my mind , I’d like to try everything !

  • Diane Duggan
    January 2, 2012 at 9:19 pm

    I love the Ration Tea tin

  • Jackie S
    January 2, 2012 at 9:42 pm

    Walkers Toffee Duo – delicious!!

  • MARK
    January 2, 2012 at 9:55 pm

    The Walkers toffee duo

  • RICHARD
    January 2, 2012 at 10:05 pm

    Vintage sweets

  • Thelma
    January 2, 2012 at 10:05 pm

    Ration Tea tin

  • thomas
    January 2, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    Grandma Wild’s Traditional Style Biscuits

  • LISA
    January 2, 2012 at 10:16 pm

    Walkers toffee duo

  • Greg
    January 2, 2012 at 10:46 pm

    superb

  • Andrew Ellams
    January 6, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    Vintage sweets

  • Gillian Moloney
    January 6, 2012 at 5:39 pm

    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 🙂