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Flexible fridge magnet featuring a design taken from a National Savings poster Bob Savings Leads You To Treasure Island. The image is one held in The National Archives. The magnet is 8 x 12 cm cello wrapped and presented on a backing card.
In 1916, the government began to issue war bonds as a way of raising money. Since the First World War, National Savings campaigns have invited the public to invest in war bonds and related products. The result has been a range of attractive posters, often by the best commercial artists.Various themes included appeals to patriotism, how money was being used in the war effort and visions of a better world once victory had been achieved.Savings campaigns were launched within weeks of the declaration of war in 1939. War savings posters appeared everywhere, from factory canteens to air raid shelters. They were also designed for particular groups, such as women war workers, who were encouraged to save for an idyllic post-war future with their husbands and children.Over time, National Savings became a mass movement with thousands of groups in schools and workplaces where small amounts could be deposited.
Among our images is a set of posters depicting the ‘Bob in the pound’ campaign.
We offer free standard UK delivery on all orders over £50.
Orders up to £30 are charged a flat fee of £4.95
Orders between £30.01 and £50 are charged a flat fee of £6.95.
Usual UK delivery timescale (excluding custom prints) is between 5 and 7 working days from the date of dispatch. Please allow up to 14 working days for delivery. For custom print delivery pricing and timescales see below. These timescales may vary especially when we have online sales and in the weeks before Christmas.
Delivery Worldwide
We can also ship most items worldwide.
For full details, including prices, click here.
Custom Prints
Your prints and frames will be handmade by King & McGaw at their Sussex workshop.
Unframed orders are shipped within 5 working days (normally shipped next day).
Framed orders are shipped within 20 working days.
Further information on delivery timescales for custom prints can be found here.
If you are not completely satisfied with your item you may return it within 28 days for a refund.
For further details on returns click here.
Unfortunately we cannot offer a refund on custom prints unless they are faulty or we have made a mistake. Custom prints are exempt as they are made to order.
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To mark the publication of Spydle, until the end of the year our e-newsletter will contain monthly taster puzzles – written exclusively for subscribers, with the solution published here.
Solution - Puzzle #1: Treason and plot
The words can be unjumbled as follows:
BLENHEIM + G
WESTMINSTER + U
WINDSOR + Y
RICHMOND + F
BUCKINGHAM + A
LAMBETH + W
KEW + K
HAMPTON COURT + E
ST JAMES’S + S
The name spelled out is GUY FAWKES, a figure involved in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – which, if successful, would have blown up the Palace of Westminster.
Solution - Puzzle #2: Continental conundrum
The European cities are as follows:
MILAN
ANTWERP
TOULOUSE
ATHENS
HAMBURG
AMSTERDAM
ROME
ISTANBUL
The name hidden in the first letters of each city is Mata Hari, who was convicted of spying for Germany during the First World War.
Manufacturer/Publisher: Cornflower
SKU: 5055187090110
Flexible fridge magnet featuring a design taken from a National Savings poster Bob Savings Leads You To Treasure Island. The image is one held in The National Archives. The magnet is 8 x 12 cm cello wrapped and presented on a backing card.
In 1916, the government began to issue war bonds as a way of raising money. Since the First World War, National Savings campaigns have invited the public to invest in war bonds and related products. The result has been a range of attractive posters, often by the best commercial artists.Various themes included appeals to patriotism, how money was being used in the war effort and visions of a better world once victory had been achieved.Savings campaigns were launched within weeks of the declaration of war in 1939. War savings posters appeared everywhere, from factory canteens to air raid shelters. They were also designed for particular groups, such as women war workers, who were encouraged to save for an idyllic post-war future with their husbands and children.Over time, National Savings became a mass movement with thousands of groups in schools and workplaces where small amounts could be deposited.
Among our images is a set of posters depicting the ‘Bob in the pound’ campaign.
We offer free standard UK delivery on all orders over £50.
Orders up to £30 are charged a flat fee of £4.95
Orders between £30.01 and £50 are charged a flat fee of £6.95.
Usual UK delivery timescale (excluding custom prints) is between 5 and 7 working days from the date of dispatch. Please allow up to 14 working days for delivery. For custom print delivery pricing and timescales see below. These timescales may vary especially when we have online sales and in the weeks before Christmas.
Delivery Worldwide
We can also ship most items worldwide.
For full details, including prices, click here.
Custom Prints
Your prints and frames will be handmade by King & McGaw at their Sussex workshop.
Unframed orders are shipped within 5 working days (normally shipped next day).
Framed orders are shipped within 20 working days.
Further information on delivery timescales for custom prints can be found here.
If you are not completely satisfied with your item you may return it within 28 days for a refund.
For further details on returns click here.
Unfortunately we cannot offer a refund on custom prints unless they are faulty or we have made a mistake. Custom prints are exempt as they are made to order.
Are you a subscriber to The National Archives mailing list? Sign up now to get our latest news -- and code crackers!
To mark the publication of Spydle, until the end of the year our e-newsletter will contain monthly taster puzzles – written exclusively for subscribers, with the solution published here.
Solution - Puzzle #1: Treason and plot
The words can be unjumbled as follows:
BLENHEIM + G
WESTMINSTER + U
WINDSOR + Y
RICHMOND + F
BUCKINGHAM + A
LAMBETH + W
KEW + K
HAMPTON COURT + E
ST JAMES’S + S
The name spelled out is GUY FAWKES, a figure involved in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 – which, if successful, would have blown up the Palace of Westminster.
Solution - Puzzle #2: Continental conundrum
The European cities are as follows:
MILAN
ANTWERP
TOULOUSE
ATHENS
HAMBURG
AMSTERDAM
ROME
ISTANBUL
The name hidden in the first letters of each city is Mata Hari, who was convicted of spying for Germany during the First World War.
