The booklet I have uploaded is focused on mending clothing. Decorative gardens were plowed under to become vegetable gardens, new fashions a thing of the past, and everyone had to get good at repairing things or making do without. Everything from wool for uniforms, silk for parachutes and maps, leather for boots, metal for munitions, rubber for tires, even soap and paper - everything you could think of - became hard to find, expensive, and even rationed.Īs a result of the war, householders had to "make do" with things they already had. At the same time, local production was focused on supplying the soldiers on the front line. Many everyday products that were imported to the country, like food, became scarce due to submarine attacks on cargo ships. This pamphlet "Make Do and Mend" was published while the UK was fighting the Nazis in WWII.
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