These gorgeous, nostalgic collections are not just a fascinating document of wartime austerity - much of the information is still relevant today.
Make do and mend taps into current trends for vintage, recycling and environmentally friendly home craft and remembers the time when nothing was wasted.
Eating for Victory contains healthy, economical and environmentally friendly tips from the days before the obesity epidemic, rocketing food miles and GM crops.
The population has never been so healthy since rationing stopped. Readers can find out if their family could cope on rations.
These two delightful books showcase 1940s design and illustration.
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