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Make Do and Mend: Keeping Family and Home Afloat on War Rations

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Book information

Publisher
Michael O'Mara
Year
2014
ISBN
9781782433033, 1782433031
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
20 MB (21063285 bytes)
Pages
1 page\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

The rationing period during World War II was a difficult time, and yet it is remembered nostalgically as a time of unity and great sacrifice. 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 clothing and be inventive with other materials became a necess.

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