War Work Exhibition (Gloucester Housewives! 2,500 Part-Time Jobs Now Open)
A text-only red-bordered notice addressed to Gloucester housewives lists 2,500 part-time jobs, four-hour shifts, hourly wages from 10d. to 1s 5.5d., and a free War Work Exhibition at the Bon Marche from 2 to 30 December, closing with 'Think!' that two part-time housewives can release one full-time woman worker for the services. It is mainly an informational recruitment notice. The tell is that only hours, pay, flexibility and entry cost are given, with no mention of any obligation or other terms.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Issuer not named; printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd.; exhibition held at the Bon Marche, Northgate Street, Gloucester
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Churchill Government
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- Labor, Home front, Gender and suffrage
- Event
- World War II
- Leader
- Winston Churchill
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Issuer not named; printed by Fosh & Cross Ltd., National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-489.
Text on the object
GLOUCESTER HOUSEWIVES! You can help make aeroplane and aero-engine parts - or you can work in a shop, office, canteen, laundry - RELEASING A FULL-TIME WOMAN WORKER FOR THE SERVICES 2,500 PART-TIME JOBS NOW OPEN IN GLOUCESTER Part-time Shifts usually 4 hrs. Morning - Afternoon - Evening Choose a Shift to Suit Yourself ! WAGES vary from 10d. an hour to 1/5½d. an hour depending on the kind of work FREE Come and see an aeroplane being made. Talk to the girls. Ask all the questions you like. WAR WORK EXHIBITION BON MARCHÉ, NORTHGATE STREET, GLOUCESTER Open Daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thursdays 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Dec. 2nd - Dec. 30th Full details about all jobs at the War Work Exhibition or at your local Employment Exchange Think! 2 HOUSEWIVES WORKING PART-TIME CAN RELEASE A FULL-TIME WOMAN WORKER FOR THE SERVICES [imprint:] F 1402 Wr. 38220 600 11/42 Gp. 961 FOSH & CROSS LTD.
