Shows like The Repair Shop and craftsmen and women up and down the country are trying to bring back this make do and mend, so actually bringing back what we had in the 40s and 50s after the Second ...

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I learned basic stitching at my paternal grandmother's knee, a woman who was proudly part of the make-do-and-mend generation ... The flagship John Lewis store beside Oxford Circus was my first ...

and return to the era of 'make do and mend'. The host of BBC One’s hugely successful programme 'The Repair Shop' was speaking to Liz Bonnin for BBC Radio 5 Live's podcast 'What Planet Are We On?' ...

Dozens of tips have been compiled in a new booklet called Make Do And Mend, by John Lewis, to help British families ride out the recession blues. The handy tips and nifty suggestions are a nod towards ...

But not everyone is impressed with the government's make do and mend approach. Business groups warned against "stigmatising" an important French industry, while Right-wing Republicans MP Eric ...