Housewife Collection (#2)

Mrs Dorothy Mead who still lights her house with gas lamps Seen here washing up by candle light Circa 1958

Mrs Dorothy Mead who still lights her house with gas lamps Circa 1958

Mrs Dorothy Mead who still lights her house with gas lamps. Seen here ironing by candle light Circa 1958

Mother brings in Sunday Roast lunch Circa 1957

Soldier sits and waits as his trousers are pressed - March 1942

A woman kneels down to clean her continuous burning coal fire May 1945

Reveille present the award of Britains Ideal Housewife for 1957 to Mrs PC Hebblewaite 1950s

Mrs Dorothy Mead who still lights her house with gas lamps seen here reading her newspaper Circa 1958

Washing day in St Johns Street, Percy Main

Mrs Read of Aylesbury seen here darning socks whilst listening to "The Archer"
Mrs Read of Aylesbury seen here darning socks whilst listening to " The Archer" on the BBC Light Programme. 29th April 1953

Scene from the play Many Waters. 19th March 1929

Scene from the theatre play Lets Leave It At That. 13th April 1929

Mr Dick Delamere of London, who lived in St Helier on the Channel Island of Jersey during the occupation by Nazi forces, attending to his tobacco plant in his backyard on washing day as his wife

1950s Housewife: Housework: The role of the housewife in 1954 was to prepare the meals for the family, clean the house, make the beds and do the shopping. Mr. and Mrs. White. June 1954 A228-009

Women in kitchen. Circa 1952

1950s Housewife: Housework: The role of the housewife in 1954 was to prepare the meals for the family, clean the house, make the beds and do the shopping. Mr. and Mrs. White. June 1954 A228-007

Stay at home mother Mrs Mary Mackenzie seen here bing helped in her household chores by her daughter Linda. 2nd November 1952

Stay at home mother Mrs Mary Mackenzie seen preparing the evening meal being watched by her two daughters Linda and Dau. 2nd November 1952

International Cookery Exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall Greek housewife and cook Demetra Pavlidou seen here in the kitchen giving a demonstration in Greek cuisine

Mrs Susan Davies seen here putting away here rotary iron in a kitchen full of labour saving gadets. 14th September 1952

Mrs Susan Davies seen here using her rotary iron in a kitchen full of labour saving gadets. 14th September 1952

Husband and wife Mr and Mrs Higgins pose for the camera after giving their view on the Princess Margaret and Peter Townsend situation. 13th July 1953

Mrs Lorna Barnicoat of North Quay House, Falmouth, Cornwall hangs out her washing in the back garden of her home with fourteen month old baby David kept inside a lobster pot for safety

Mannequin Jackie Jackson seen here modeling a summmer dress with matching apron skirt idea for doing the house work in. October 1959 P006918

Woman in kitchen. Circa 1952

Reveille Dress Fashions. May 1958 P011124

Reveille Dress Fashions. May 1958 P011123

Housewife cooking dinner in her kitchen at home. December 1969 Z11805-001

Housewife cooking dinner in her kitchen at home with her husband. December 1969 Z11805

Lita Rosa opens Home Comforts Exhibition. She still tries the iron the old fashioned way, by holding it to her cheek, although this very modern model has an elaborate control system. October 1954

Reveille fashions: Jackie Jackson modelling a pocketed skirt. September 1960 P008989

Reveille Fashions. Mannequin modelling apron. March 1960 P006993

Women. Dock Strike. On the left is Mrs. Demmon, her husband was a Docker, now abroad in the army. She has eight children. She, like several other women seen in the district

Glazebury water shortage. Some of the inhabitants are luckier than others. This being an example, as on the roof of this house has a large tank, and a hose pipe from it means a bucketful in a minute

House wife arranging nik-naks on Welsh dresser. D5038

Women in her kichen using moden gadgets installed in her home to save on labour. September 1952 C4554

Coal shortage - a scene in sloshy Caledonian Road, London, as women assist a worker to get the coal home. January 1945 P017813

Coal miner at home with his wife after his shift July 1954 P018180

Noel Whitcomb calls on Mrs. Margareth Jackson aged 29 who is the wife of miner James Jackson of Woodlesford. June 1954 P018182

Wife of a Coal Miner haning out washing at her home. July 1954 P018190

Mrs. Bushaway and her husband get one quart of milk per week, but the children are allowed a pint each day. In Britain, first consideration in everything is always given to the children. 1947 P018783

Heres a sly camera shot through a side gate, "Mrs
Heres a sly camera shot through a side gate, " Mrs. Worthless" throws all and sundry into the dustbin, bread, potatoes peelings, and other kitchen waste

A queue is born. A million British housewives queue up each working day for one or other of a hundred shopping items. They started doing it six long years ago when food became short

Domestic scene, woman in the kitchen. March 1952 C1252

Mr Herbert Morrison stops for the night at the home of Mrs Lottie Bacon during his speechmaking tour of Leeds. 1950 022524/1

Mrs. Elizabeth Austin of Liverpool one of the contestants in the Perfect Housewife contest photographed with a pram and her purchases. April 1957 P000225

Mrs. Valerie Campball. Winner of the daily Mirror Fashion and flairs contest seen here doing the housework. March 1953 D1309-001

Mrs. J. S. Srow doing the housework. April 1953 D1669

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