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From: "Ivy Kellam" <>
Subject: Re: [WarBrides] Home Chat
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 19:51:50 -0400
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Enjoyed your e-mail, thank you.
It provided a laugh when we consider the availability of goods today.
During the war years a friend of mine decided to knit a dress with a type of
silk that she managed to obtain without coupons. The dress was a lacy
design and looked lovely. My friend wore the dress on a date. By the time
she had returned home the dress had grown. Determined not to admit defeat
my friend taped the dress from waist to hem down the various seams. It
looked fine . Once again the dress was worn for an evening out.
Unfortunately, when my friend returned home this time the dress had a
scalloped hem. That was it! she hung the dress up for sale in her Mother's
corner shop. It was quickly purchased and we awaited a complaint. Nothing!
we used to laugh imagining the dress being worn as a nightdress, IK
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From: "joan reichardt" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:05 PM
Subject: [WarBrides] Home Chat


>I was looking through a box of old magazines today and came across a copy
>of Home Chat, dated March 31st 1945!! Why I kept it and why I brought it
>to Canada with me is a mystery. It sold for 3/d., came out every week, and
>included such gems as "How to Renovate your Frock with Knitting', and how
>to make a stylish new model from an old felt hat. Recipes have dried egg
>as ingredient, and many of the ads are for things that will be 'available
>soon' or are only in certain parts of the country. Shampoo needs no
>coupons, nor does Vim! There is an ad for Camellia (sanitary towels), and
>I well remember the hunt for those items, going from chemist to chemist,
>and asking, in hushed tones, for those necessities, and having to take your
>own bag as they came unwrapped! You could purchase a brassiere, by mail,
>for 4/11 and a corset for 13/6, plus coupons! Talk about a walk down
>memory lane. Cheers, Joan Reichardt.
>
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