The above is an English propaganda poster from World War II encouraging women to find creative ways to deal with the clothing rations set in place during the war. The “Make-Do and Mend” campaign offered pamphlets on ways that women could be both “frugal and stylish.” The saying very succinctly defines both of my grandmothers’ overall attitudes to life. Each experienced the war in her own way – one with a husband over in the … CONTINUE READING