In the war years from 1914-1945, new mothers were obliged to be very thrifty, sharing and making do due to shortages and rationing. Nursery World ran classified adverts including, for example, an S.O.S. for maternity and baby clothes, which received over 70 replies offering such things as a complete layette, ‘expanding skirt that would fit an average-sized elephant’, and a ‘200 year-old christening robe’.
These days we use Vinted and similar, Facebook marketplace, free ads and charity shops, etc. to resource our nurseries, and can take pride in the fact that we are not only saving money but also reducing waste going to landfill.
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