Heath Robinson's Home Front: How to Make Do and Mend in Style

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ISBN: 9781851244447

Products specifications

Attribute name	Attribute value
Author	HEATH ROBINSON
Pub Date	29/12/2015
Binding	Hardback
Pages	136

Publisher: The Bodleian Library

Availability: Out of Stock

For this compact little book Heath Robinson joined forces with writer Cecil Hunt to show civilians 'how to make the best of things' during the air raids, rationing, allotment tending and blackouts of the Second World War. The result is a warm celebration of the British population's ability to 'make do and mend'.

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How does one play bridge in a gas mask? Or enjoy motoring without consuming petrol? Or deal with a nationwide shortage of pea-sticks? For this compact little book Heath Robinson joined forces with writer Cecil Hunt to show civilians 'how to make the best of things' during the air raids, rationing, allotment tending and blackouts of the Second World War. The result is a warm celebration of the British population's ability to 'make do and mend'.