Emily Photography: War

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMF4WUp99ewotYhI4ckvJigDbATxP-1NzyZkl7DPa1rfWsC2sjSen-VfAMLlMy3VYtHk16px8yb822Bh_vMo2KEPt5MvgAgEOtdlZKhlSzsn8qFyu38-JDWA06ttQZvJ7o60OF7iE8lMf0/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMF4WUp99ewotYhI4ckvJigDbATxP-1NzyZkl7DPa1rfWsC2sjSen-VfAMLlMy3VYtHk16px8yb822Bh_vMo2KEPt5MvgAgEOtdlZKhlSzsn8qFyu38-JDWA06ttQZvJ7o60OF7iE8lMf0/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mrs Olive Day wakes up at 7am at her home in Drayton Gardens, South Kensington.</div><div style="text-align: center;">On the bedside cabinet, her gas mask, torch and a book are ready, in case a quick</div><div style="text-align: center;">dash to the air raid shelter is required in the night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day se lève à 7h. Sur sa table de nuit se trouve un masque à gaz, </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>une lampe </i><i>torche et un livre au cas il faudrait qu'elle se réfugie dans un </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>abri antiaérien pendant la nuit.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUzabz2cPeX04s4dQavAant5Wmk-zNG4dqZX7Mv5miSOuQ8mbp3WaPoeiWo9GsrnwyjTomOT3IE-dGbPKc1fTAHjsFFNOy4RAWLLHP-kC8JuiPWLy-LdYvxQtBRXNFnoSFLSuV53pB18J/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUzabz2cPeX04s4dQavAant5Wmk-zNG4dqZX7Mv5miSOuQ8mbp3WaPoeiWo9GsrnwyjTomOT3IE-dGbPKc1fTAHjsFFNOy4RAWLLHP-kC8JuiPWLy-LdYvxQtBRXNFnoSFLSuV53pB18J/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mrs Olive Day opens the curtains of her bedroom in the basement of her South </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kensington home. Unfortunately, as the glass has recently been knocked out of </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the windows by a nearby air raid, Mrs Day cannot see outside, as oiled linen </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">has been stretched across the window frame in place of the missing glass. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Her cat ‘Little One’ watches her from the bed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day ouvre ses rideaux, la fenêtre a été cassée par un raid aérien et </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>remplacée par un tissu en lin. Son chat Little One la regarde depuis le lit.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OmmsUKq9UHTRU1tn9flNgBWavDYTNnvQAxyP-uXAtMG3EmtVdUgVrEp-W8Q1MMzQlVCp8UY30g7wKhjPRcYbmqFzr4iMTjK-kaiKNn4edsLkzMemKkquDQzRLuei-Xx4eBcU-u7uNY0b/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7OmmsUKq9UHTRU1tn9flNgBWavDYTNnvQAxyP-uXAtMG3EmtVdUgVrEp-W8Q1MMzQlVCp8UY30g7wKhjPRcYbmqFzr4iMTjK-kaiKNn4edsLkzMemKkquDQzRLuei-Xx4eBcU-u7uNY0b/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mrs Olive Day opens her window to let some air, and light, into her South Kensington </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">home. The window panes have been replaced by oiled linen stretched over the frame, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as the glass was knocked out by a nearby bomb a short while ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfffO3oeazeeOjV7LE3V-lHGgQaMicq-ot1dZJHos79pAFHrclJNu1KIK70to_0u1PXJEJAmyQ-LY4O6sCuPOGE0zVIh-h7PWc6-rBSeHXXcoEMvMi5TDvq1rYQeAAHVB-E4e0CeFgLmj3/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfffO3oeazeeOjV7LE3V-lHGgQaMicq-ot1dZJHos79pAFHrclJNu1KIK70to_0u1PXJEJAmyQ-LY4O6sCuPOGE0zVIh-h7PWc6-rBSeHXXcoEMvMi5TDvq1rYQeAAHVB-E4e0CeFgLmj3/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mrs Olive Day collects the milk and newspapers from the top of the steps leading down to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the basement of her South Kensington home. The buckets that can be seen on the street </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at the top of the steps contain sand and water and are provided in case of fire bombs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day va chercher le lait et le journal posés en haut des escaliers qui </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>mènent au sous sol. Les seaux contiennent du sable et de l’eau et </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>étaient fournis </i><i>en cas de bombe incendiaire.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CTP92wzb2F7Fp3_b0-hgOfOlw0Rp-qWoH9E_-e4GCGVvcNcTFvKgYMoUovrH4CadrzkcupU23W-6LD8JrZwa9j5MttflRBqAT4bUNwkBlJzYahIWinTFciMjaI1TajMk7Pc4NudtfdZm/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6CTP92wzb2F7Fp3_b0-hgOfOlw0Rp-qWoH9E_-e4GCGVvcNcTFvKgYMoUovrH4CadrzkcupU23W-6LD8JrZwa9j5MttflRBqAT4bUNwkBlJzYahIWinTFciMjaI1TajMk7Pc4NudtfdZm/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mrs Olive Day enjoys tea, toast and the morning papers at the breakfast table in the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">centre of her South Kensington sitting room. Behind her, evidence of air raids can be </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">seen in that two panes of glass are missing from the window and have been replaced </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with boards and the other panes have criss-crosses of tape on them to prevent </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the glass from shattering, should the area suffer another air raid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day boit son thé en lisant le journal dans son salon, certaines </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>vitres de la fenêtre </i><i>ont été cassées par une bombe, les autres sont </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>recouvertes </i><i>de scotch pour éviter les éclats.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJxBJfgh5HWzAutxIdrLIS32-zv724eci-fwAolPkEPoHifBFK3elI79zpVIV3a-xbqvLkH211V3Y9z0rzzys9JMd1T5mjniWIFCwkVPLk9Y7fG6YnKJ0q-4xKroY7_7T3FuyYxKH6dsr/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXJxBJfgh5HWzAutxIdrLIS32-zv724eci-fwAolPkEPoHifBFK3elI79zpVIV3a-xbqvLkH211V3Y9z0rzzys9JMd1T5mjniWIFCwkVPLk9Y7fG6YnKJ0q-4xKroY7_7T3FuyYxKH6dsr/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mrs Olive Day shakes her duster out of one of the back windows of her South Kensington </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">home. Every visible window of her house, and of the houses alongside, bears witness to the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">air raids that have occured in the last few weeks. There is not one window that remains </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">unaffected in someway and all are either fully or partly boarded, have had the broken </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">glass replaced by oiled linen, or have existing glass criss-crossed with tape.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day secoue son plumeau à la fenêtre.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrjS-AyrRB048_WtRGuqsPjuShjSpZi5SvfAaACIPIPeCiFyJMx7DNJPUrzX5QJFF0z6VoVc5LfPPeMALnUAE1CucmlCYf2wQRjJiW4FAf2ANI2RVhtnvettTstVFfvnqae5sqdoIijJQ/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzrjS-AyrRB048_WtRGuqsPjuShjSpZi5SvfAaACIPIPeCiFyJMx7DNJPUrzX5QJFF0z6VoVc5LfPPeMALnUAE1CucmlCYf2wQRjJiW4FAf2ANI2RVhtnvettTstVFfvnqae5sqdoIijJQ/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Olive Day spends half an hour or so on the housework before she leaves for work. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Here we see her polishing the bannisters. Above her head, we can see a large </div><div style="text-align: center;">patch of missing plaster on the ceiling, caused by a nearby air raid.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day fait le ménage pendant trente minutes avant de partir au travail.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQperOFXCLhqaZcV6IOa1zcFu9Iv6ODDq4J2PuXb_EFWzq3KbSNrR5es5_Srx6xkXRq8vAWxlJBmEIz9P7jHX4CztxhpHZImVlNYvj76YIPTDD0ulsFTsOaAd3fhl4kcdzitLi2I0atLmm/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQperOFXCLhqaZcV6IOa1zcFu9Iv6ODDq4J2PuXb_EFWzq3KbSNrR5es5_Srx6xkXRq8vAWxlJBmEIz9P7jHX4CztxhpHZImVlNYvj76YIPTDD0ulsFTsOaAd3fhl4kcdzitLi2I0atLmm/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Olive Day rolls away a rug that was on the staircase of her South Kensington home. </div><div style="text-align: center;">All carpets have been removed and asbestos laid in their place, in an attempt to combat </div><div style="text-align: center;">fire bombs. Behind her, part of the window has been boarded up, with the rest </div><div style="text-align: center;">of the panes have criss-crosses of tape across the glass.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Des plaques d’amiante ont été posées sur les sols pour réduire le risque </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>d’incendie dû aux bombes incendiaires.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq5e9QD_TcI4f3uM9aVRbDGCKUFHIwj2hXgl1je-BKP1JFSqvCp4xi02GkLuT1Xc1XkJ4yQ-OqlmqX3HICHc1WKDR0_OViESnARm54N-DvJvDgmxGKKkzchzqQVbtNYAjcf0URzbOnuqI/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKq5e9QD_TcI4f3uM9aVRbDGCKUFHIwj2hXgl1je-BKP1JFSqvCp4xi02GkLuT1Xc1XkJ4yQ-OqlmqX3HICHc1WKDR0_OViESnARm54N-DvJvDgmxGKKkzchzqQVbtNYAjcf0URzbOnuqI/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day points to a hole in the ceiling where a fire bomb recently came through</div><div style="text-align: center;">into her South Kensington home. Scorch marks can be seen </div><div style="text-align: center;">on the ceiling next to the hole.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day montre un trou dans le plafond par lequel une bombe </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>incendiaire </i><i>est récemment passée.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWIB1m5-ysFm8g8P0StGew5oafIjzKWdAcmrUdYlip5CBmMj1J-cGlnOIov1eZJ4eavzAvgMJutgkZ_UAJeurdIWFzVz11G84OKciE-72Ff8OWMcP9NthAkSjjAgwGfUgE228g1HR6KJc/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWWIB1m5-ysFm8g8P0StGew5oafIjzKWdAcmrUdYlip5CBmMj1J-cGlnOIov1eZJ4eavzAvgMJutgkZ_UAJeurdIWFzVz11G84OKciE-72Ff8OWMcP9NthAkSjjAgwGfUgE228g1HR6KJc/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The top floor of Mrs Day’s South Kensington home is no longer in use. Here we see </div><div style="text-align: center;">an empty room with a bowl on the floor to catch any drips of rain water that </div><div style="text-align: center;">may come in through the bomb-damaged ceiling.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Les bombardements ont créé des gouttières.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNH9DDByf4ZM7dRlwbxICKg9WvOf5ePHz3EeE_b1wKdTuj7cyULgJkxzzwjaPb6ZvPFdsVz5zV94D3eIB30V6ZscXY4gCW4odIubkehji9wrqOt2Ma7lG0y-f1kxbCm8SRp2BFX-eU6Ihp/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNH9DDByf4ZM7dRlwbxICKg9WvOf5ePHz3EeE_b1wKdTuj7cyULgJkxzzwjaPb6ZvPFdsVz5zV94D3eIB30V6ZscXY4gCW4odIubkehji9wrqOt2Ma7lG0y-f1kxbCm8SRp2BFX-eU6Ihp/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day makes her bed in the basement of her South Kensington home before </div><div style="text-align: center;">leaving for work. The top floor of her house is no longer in use.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day fait son lit qu a été déplacé au rez de chaussée, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>l’étage étant trop dangereux.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPscokxDBfET9rMLdesSqgc27TjCBsKpkdkg7fSxHPiDQeelJ6s_y4Wr6t9FOZl9jKlaK0RMlI1zkIFWNw-NqcfOodv3A_-IngoXasg_Ctyh2XLXjjkhHU75VODWKwv9kILq_WkkoIsl_r/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPscokxDBfET9rMLdesSqgc27TjCBsKpkdkg7fSxHPiDQeelJ6s_y4Wr6t9FOZl9jKlaK0RMlI1zkIFWNw-NqcfOodv3A_-IngoXasg_Ctyh2XLXjjkhHU75VODWKwv9kILq_WkkoIsl_r/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day clears the grate in the sitting room of her South Kensington home. She is </div><div style="text-align: center;">careful to sort the cinders from the ash, so that the cinders can be re-used in </div><div style="text-align: center;">the grate and so that the ash can be added to the garden as a fertiliser.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day nettoie le foyer de la cheminée, elle met de coté les </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>charbons pour les réutiliser.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAF7ZxoEWFsnVfp5O__67Ox_8uHPLs4jVw9LyR1WhR6Hgej_oM0WUsNO2xY9YMb2SXRir35-qaySvC0G6cRgoCm5b02VbSUZhSsFb1CeuGFkOmSVsuAkhMuRyY_yfq60YEWi_Uo-j6QHK/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmAF7ZxoEWFsnVfp5O__67Ox_8uHPLs4jVw9LyR1WhR6Hgej_oM0WUsNO2xY9YMb2SXRir35-qaySvC0G6cRgoCm5b02VbSUZhSsFb1CeuGFkOmSVsuAkhMuRyY_yfq60YEWi_Uo-j6QHK/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day makes up a bunk in the air raid shelter in the cellar of her South Kensington </div><div style="text-align: center;">home. The bunks are kept ready in case any night raids force her to spend the night in </div><div style="text-align: center;">the shelter. The bunk will hopefully mean that she spends the night in some comfort !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day fait le lit de camp placé dans son sous-sol dans lequel elle </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>ira </i><i>dormir en cas d’alarme de raid aérien.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXPkCjWlVckXmytZH0m1tFiAchvsgGQCxASzn7SgABFL3VmUTCvmrMYE7YS3APRzJy1XEywx2b8Y2XxPNBPsBUvH1uyJPZCdMmWamEqaBbkbsfPaxfR_PkFR10sB0w3tJ0pIeiQlus49S/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXXPkCjWlVckXmytZH0m1tFiAchvsgGQCxASzn7SgABFL3VmUTCvmrMYE7YS3APRzJy1XEywx2b8Y2XxPNBPsBUvH1uyJPZCdMmWamEqaBbkbsfPaxfR_PkFR10sB0w3tJ0pIeiQlus49S/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day separates cardboard and tin from her household rubbish, ready for </div><div style="text-align: center;">salvage, outside the basement of her home in South Kensington, London.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day trie ses déchets.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFSrdMoIf4zXeP5xmBMbgDuPoCLCmD9KDZZFPueRTHzLqCYas68c2vr1cRGJchYVdRLAgsw__s9D_Kx-nwCXB5HKw7p4sJLOpqfIX5EPWRTxJeUOSuFMlrzvaAJPyAX7-GzlGQQGTJMld/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYFSrdMoIf4zXeP5xmBMbgDuPoCLCmD9KDZZFPueRTHzLqCYas68c2vr1cRGJchYVdRLAgsw__s9D_Kx-nwCXB5HKw7p4sJLOpqfIX5EPWRTxJeUOSuFMlrzvaAJPyAX7-GzlGQQGTJMld/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After lunch, Mrs Day sets out to do her weekly shop on the King's Road in </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chelsea. She walks past several women with prams and a member of the </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">RAF as they queue to the left of a large furniture store. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day fait ses courses hebdomadaires, elle passe devant </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>un magasin d’ameublement.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSmKhFIRKJHarC_a5DxrvoiotkGOEgcUpb3PfIbLpY5zC5keibYtVyGAcyTBI0ZREgKofFbOWf8T5M8F67L_z2rw5voWksZcQztWHTNSkhis_n9lJdHiV-UXtSLVuiX9ZKD29Ny45Oa1N/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSmKhFIRKJHarC_a5DxrvoiotkGOEgcUpb3PfIbLpY5zC5keibYtVyGAcyTBI0ZREgKofFbOWf8T5M8F67L_z2rw5voWksZcQztWHTNSkhis_n9lJdHiV-UXtSLVuiX9ZKD29Ny45Oa1N/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day stops to look in the window of a shop to see what is available to her this week. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day regarde dans la vitrine d’une boutique les produits disponibles.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57oMhmq4kJ6evGcENmnJPmp9OZ6B-7MVl3sfAbuiMuS7Fpw0GmR22UAJssRKhHm9B_iLQfBK60aLS82Mkrc0-YNYnO1bIuLYWZDVDFdfCfUhaUA8OBcWxLloByTCFF2TzwfHwFkTpAnv-/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi57oMhmq4kJ6evGcENmnJPmp9OZ6B-7MVl3sfAbuiMuS7Fpw0GmR22UAJssRKhHm9B_iLQfBK60aLS82Mkrc0-YNYnO1bIuLYWZDVDFdfCfUhaUA8OBcWxLloByTCFF2TzwfHwFkTpAnv-/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A shopkeeper stamps Mrs Day's ration book during her shopping trip on the Kings Road </div><div style="text-align: center;">in Chelsea. In the foreground can be seen the tea, sugar, 'national butter', margarine, </div><div style="text-align: center;">cooking fats and bacon she is allowed for one week.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>L’épicier tamponne le carnet de rationnement de Mrs Olive Day, on voit sur la photo </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>le thé, le sucre, la margarine, le gras et le bacon qui lui sont alloués pour la semaine.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL9iMMRbxxx_FYBJ4X-VvUblKK5AV-YfRRay97dvDiG86-oEIpeHrP1yZlgiU4YPLB4QGy8ArB9ckFYbjLJ8g-VIhCFguZCFVs03Rz0ykt-WtSa6f6qEGjt5vw3eHmzBFj9falxUBD7i4/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL9iMMRbxxx_FYBJ4X-VvUblKK5AV-YfRRay97dvDiG86-oEIpeHrP1yZlgiU4YPLB4QGy8ArB9ckFYbjLJ8g-VIhCFguZCFVs03Rz0ykt-WtSa6f6qEGjt5vw3eHmzBFj9falxUBD7i4/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day, helped by the female conductor, jumps on the bus that will take her to work. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day monte dans le bus qui l’amène au travail.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1IRKeCtIo5-xTee6OGnfplf7GHNLJOsLdIt57D7dT0ETqzk4Eh88kF5hOIQfZsGG1bjynAy0lLVVlm9ZTbt7V9ja-H8mL91TMsdj38NDSEwc5zF8kJ56SjiSYc-1GsKAn6v1UTr_eZxq/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA1IRKeCtIo5-xTee6OGnfplf7GHNLJOsLdIt57D7dT0ETqzk4Eh88kF5hOIQfZsGG1bjynAy0lLVVlm9ZTbt7V9ja-H8mL91TMsdj38NDSEwc5zF8kJ56SjiSYc-1GsKAn6v1UTr_eZxq/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day and colleagues work at one of many filing cabinets in the office. According to<br />the original Ministry of Information caption, Mrs Day works as a 'girl clerk in a war-time </div><div style="text-align: center;">organisation' and that filing takes up most of her time. The caption goes on to say that </div><div style="text-align: center;">she works Monday to Friday between 10am and 6pm, but that as this photograph </div><div style="text-align: center;">was taken on a Saturday, she would be finished by 2pm. It also states that '</div><div style="text-align: center;">if there is a rush of work, she will work Sunday as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day au travail comme secrétaire dans une « organisation reliée à la guerre ». </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Elle travaille en semaine de 10h à 18h et le samedi juqu’à 14h.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuJJUAr5_pbZrIOL2JIxfOY-iW63EFa424nUnzEhSBMSFHMSTamcSAmyNVGXoHUsgzagk-1WKFSok50bBdxJzuaZYt_Ed50EtRWJK2zSKxFqgWDSzv4o3rDWNPoHlmp7NbizNtA9yVzwL/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOuJJUAr5_pbZrIOL2JIxfOY-iW63EFa424nUnzEhSBMSFHMSTamcSAmyNVGXoHUsgzagk-1WKFSok50bBdxJzuaZYt_Ed50EtRWJK2zSKxFqgWDSzv4o3rDWNPoHlmp7NbizNtA9yVzwL/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day puts her dinner into the oven after a busy day. The Ministry of Food </div><div style="text-align: center;">encouraged people to cook their entire meal in the oven as a way to save fuel.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day prépare son dîner.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SGKRAlbyvfhnnTCwZKSW1wsYUraPFPUGCp1k52f_p-X1Uku9-2bR04jGsBSLYcaKtX6QPm4sc77iSCz6lTmvrKdjA_7nVEgFVEDYGunwEMzs1B_pmE8DXJauw7gdtt__z1iquGwZYlaw/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SGKRAlbyvfhnnTCwZKSW1wsYUraPFPUGCp1k52f_p-X1Uku9-2bR04jGsBSLYcaKtX6QPm4sc77iSCz6lTmvrKdjA_7nVEgFVEDYGunwEMzs1B_pmE8DXJauw7gdtt__z1iquGwZYlaw/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day sets the table in preparation for the evening meal in the sitting room of her<br />South Kensington home. She is expecting her naval husband Lt Kenneth Day to arrive<br />home on leave, so the table is set for two and a vase of flowers has been added.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Olive Day met la table pour deux, son mari doit rentrer ce soir là en permission.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyk93dghuWE18HyEAsMuSEyC9udBPP__TemgfcKduYJK6MIoePUyi6PMsh0-jbZnw09D-cdYYEZdv4uS_naBKgYBHijXjm8TQ8GPjFk6_8TiKVVH4UiIozF48xp8qFv3lFsSwlkXSH_hb/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGyk93dghuWE18HyEAsMuSEyC9udBPP__TemgfcKduYJK6MIoePUyi6PMsh0-jbZnw09D-cdYYEZdv4uS_naBKgYBHijXjm8TQ8GPjFk6_8TiKVVH4UiIozF48xp8qFv3lFsSwlkXSH_hb/s1600/Day+in+the+Life+of+a+Wartime+Housewife+1941.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs Day runs to greet her husband Lieutenant Kenneth Day at the door of </div><div style="text-align: center;">her South Kensington home as he arrives home on leave.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Le lieutenant Kenneth Day arrive chez lui en permission, </i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Mrs Day l’accueille à la porte.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">*</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">via <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:A_Day_in_the_Life_of_a_Wartime_Housewife-_Everyday_Life_in_London,_England,_1941" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">1</a> - <a href="http://www.laboiteverte.fr/journee-dune-anglaise-seconde-guerre-mondiale/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2</a></div>

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