Wartime posters and an allied relationship at Pirbright Road.

Front room, Pirbright Road

While marriage is always a special relationship, this one may be particularly special--as the Anglo-American flags in the sitting room attest.

That's not the only Allied presence here. The lady of the house works in the Government’s Central Office of Information. Her delightful collection of propaganda pieces offer a telling glimpse into how British life has changed over the decades.

Careless Talk Costs Lives, Waste Not Want Not, Better Pot Luck with Churchill Today than Humble Pie under Hitler Tomorrow, the wartime posters admonish. 

Don't waste food at Pirbright Road

Or you'll be eating humble pie

And be careful what you say during your stay at Pirbright Road

Careless talk costs lives.