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Make Do and Send: Nostalgic Letters on Fifteen Years of Rationing in Britain
Esther Rantzen
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Description for Make Do and Send: Nostalgic Letters on Fifteen Years of Rationing in Britain
Hardback. In Make Do and Send, Sam Taylor, Editor of the Lady Magazine, has gathered together the most arch, polemical, amusing and interesting letters on issues that enraged wartime Britain that will make anyone smile with its nod to Dads Army. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: WHP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111. .
This engaging collection of letters gives a quirky picture of family life in Britain under fifteen years of rationing. Everyone and almost everything was affected, from pets to fashion, corsets and turn-ups, to cigarettes, restaurants, heating and petrol, and the availability of fruit, eggs, vegetables and bread, and much more. Millions of people coped with what they had. With direct candour, they wrote letters when they thought improvements could be made, right from the start of rationing, in 1939, until all restrictions were lifted in 1954. In these amusing, honest, surprising, poignant and occasionally hilarious letters you'll find anything from ... Read more
This engaging collection of letters gives a quirky picture of family life in Britain under fifteen years of rationing. Everyone and almost everything was affected, from pets to fashion, corsets and turn-ups, to cigarettes, restaurants, heating and petrol, and the availability of fruit, eggs, vegetables and bread, and much more. Millions of people coped with what they had. With direct candour, they wrote letters when they thought improvements could be made, right from the start of rationing, in 1939, until all restrictions were lifted in 1954. In these amusing, honest, surprising, poignant and occasionally hilarious letters you'll find anything from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Gibson Square Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
204
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783340866
SKU
V9781783340866
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99-5
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