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Make Do and Send Esther Rantzen

Make Do and Send By Esther Rantzen

Make Do and Send by Esther Rantzen


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Never before published in book form, these real dispatches from the real Dad's Army show how everything was affected, from petrol to pets, from restaurants to smoking, and not just food and clothing.

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Make Do and Send: Nostalgic Letters on Fifteen Years of Rationing in Britain by Esther Rantzen

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 concerns about socks for the Home Guard, children holding up a banana skin for a refill at the greengrocer's, to fear of pets choking when rubber bands reappeared after the War. Slip back in time and enjoy!

Table of Contents

Introduction, Esther Rantzen 71 Ration Fashion 13 2 Pet Peeves 28 3 Querulous Queues 354 Hail the Housewives 42 5 Restaurant Roast 60 6 Poisonous Pleasures 67 7 Curdled Milk 77 8 Eggspectations 86 9 Onions and Oranges 97 10 Meagre Meat 107 11 Fish or Fowl 121 12 Sweeter Living 127 13 Light and Coal 139 14 Hitler's Secret Weapon 152 15 Christmas Cheer 161 16 Johnny Foreigner 168 17 Unfair Play 174 18 And Another Thing 186Notes 192

Additional information

GOR008306730
9781783340866
178334086X
Make Do and Send: Nostalgic Letters on Fifteen Years of Rationing in Britain by Esther Rantzen
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Gibson Square Books Ltd
2016-11-10
204
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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