If you lived through the austerity days of world war two you can probably remember the instructional leafets issued by the ministry to help families cope with food rationing and materials shortages these two books are a reproduction of nostalgic information issued in leaflet form at the time much of which is still just as relevant today make do and mend covers repairing refurbishing and recyling representing a showcase of 1940s design and ingenuity curtains into dresses anyone eating f