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  Make Do and Mend: Keeping Family and Home Afloat on War Rations (Hardback) Foreword by Jill Norman

  

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  Short Description for Make Do and MendA collection of official British Government World War II information leaflets. The leaflets aim to advise on how best to avoid wasting valuable resources by recycling curtains into dresses and old sheets into underwear; in short how to 'make do and mend' rather than buying new clothes.
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  • Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
  • Published: 06 September 2007
  • Format: Hardback 160 pages
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  • Categories: Battles & Campaigns | General & World History | British & Irish History | Social & Cultural History | Military History | Second World War | Needlework & Fabric Crafts
  • ISBN 13: 9781843172659 ISBN 10: 1843172658
  • Sales rank: 44,627

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• The rationing period during World War II is often described as a difficult time and yet also remembered nostalgically as a time of unity and good sacrifice. In fact, many of its rules and guidelines could still be applied today. "Make Do and Mend" focuses on clothes rationing, which was introduced in June 1940. With the nation's industrial output concentrated on the war effort, basic clothes were in short supply and high fashion was an unknown commodity. Adults were issued as little as 36 coupons a year to spend on clothes. But a man's suit could cost 22 coupons, a coat 16 and a lady's dress 11, so the need to recycle and be inventive with other materials became more and more necessary. The government issued the leaflets included in "Make Do and Mend" to advise on how best to avoid wasting valuable resources by recycling curtains into dresses and old sheets into underwear; in short how to 'make do and mend' rather than buying new clothes. Produced from original material held in archives, the leaflets are also a nostalgic showcase of 1940s' style, which makes them the perfect gift.