‘Practical Information for All’ edited by R. Ewart Williams and published by Odhams Press is part of a series I have blogged about before – in particular the volume ‘The Home Entertainer.’ The series is undated but seems to belong to the very end of the 1930s – ‘Practical Information for All’ has a page showing the evolution of the uniforms worn by postmen and the most up-to-date is 1938.
It must have been strangely reassuring as the world dissolved into chaos to have this volume on your bookshelf with you needed to know from business terms, opening a bank account, time zones, the weather, weights and measures to assay marks, pre-NHS medical care, local government, personal papers, pensions and the usefully titled ‘Emergencies and how to meet them’.
Alongside this wealth of information some delightful small pieces of extra information…
The Solitary Reader 