Compiled from the Mary Evans archives, this manual brings together articles from fashionable contemporary magazines including Britannia & Eve, the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, and Tatler, on all aspects of the home front in WWII.

These fascinating articles cover complying with black-out regulations; what to do with the family car; augmenting rationed foods and turning them into tasty meals; contributing to the war effort by keeping livestock, salvaging valuable materials, and growing food; all the while remaining fashionable and keeping up appearances.

Introduction
1. The War at Home
2. Make Do and Mend
3. Rations
4. Keeping up Appearances
5. Wartime travel
6. Supporting the War Effort

“A really useful reference guide covering aspects of life in the 1940s. Well presented, packed with information, an absorbing read.”