[garinda]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

I used to make all my own clothes.
My son wore romper suits made from striped shirt poplin remnants and matinee coats made from unravelled and re-knitted cardigans.
Lost skills need to be taught to folk to help them through hard times.
...and what a waste spending scarce dole money on packets of nappies
I worked full time when he was 1yr old and still found time to boil terry nappies

...and it was nice to see on Saturday that the Pixie Hood is still in fine fettle.



I know someone who was so poor in the Fifties they had to wear sixty year Victorian knee high boots, which had to be fastened with a boot hook...luckily it wasn't a boy that was forced to wear them.