A cast aluminium (or other light metal) stick stand with the image of a sailor standing on a pedestal above crossed anchor and spade(?) 28 inches tall. We are not sure of the history of this, the imagery is quite complicated, but attractive none the less.

“The Berlin Airlift” describes the scope and conduct of this famous logistical nightmare. “Unseen Archives” provides a great pictorial insight into life in wartime Britain, based on Daily Mail archives. And “Leisure” sets out all the ways in which a woman might have created income from her hobbies and associated skills. Published in the 1950s.