Further to the theme of the World War II and following the popular reconstruction of a 1940s living room the Blitz Room now houses a reconstruction of a 1940s shop.
The aim of the exhibition in the Blitz Room is to focus on elements of the Home Front with particular reference to rationing, diet and how the British public survived on limited supplies.
The shop includes original foodstuffs and goods. These include dried eggs and milk, shampoo, tins, sugar bags and crisp packets, advertisements, old coins, scales and a shop bell. There is also information regarding ration amounts.
This exhibition is sure to bring back many memories of shopping in the 1940s!
A number of short brochures have been produced by West Dunbartonshire Council's Cultural Services, focusing on elements of living during the 1940s.
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