Make-do & Mend Poster, WWII

Illustration

Mark Cartwright
by Imperial War Museums
published on 19 June 2024
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A British Board of Trade poster encouraging people to make-do and mend old clothes rather than buy new ones, thus saving on resources. Clothes were one of many restricted items during rationing in wartime Britain. (Imperial War Museums)

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