PASS IT ON - HOUSEHOLD TIPS FROM THE 1950s

Pass it On, Household Tips From The 1950s, is full of everlasting wisdom and homely nostalgia. It is the biggest and best collection of tips for living that has ever been published. Written for anyone who grew up in the 1950s or 60s and remembers the troubles that had to be faced and the remedies that were found. This book is a piece of social history, an amazing record of life experiences that will reconnect you with the good old days. How do you get furniture dents out of a carpet? Or beetroot stains out of a table cloth? How do you dust behind an immovable wardrobe? How do you keep midges away? How do keep veg fresh if you haven't got a fridge? How do you keep your silverware from tarnishing? Or your teapot fresh if it isn't in daily use? There are more than 1250 incredible tips from the readers of The Sunday Post who were bursting with pride for their thrifty, inventive, wise tricks for running a respectable household. You can hear their voices echo down the decades. It is your mother speaking. These are the generations of hard-working, proud housewives (and some husbands) who knew the best way to shine shoes, stop doors rattling in a draught and keep their family safe, warm, clothed and fed. Even now, you need to know the best way to use a hot water bottle in bed. Or how to quickly cope with spilled water. How to prevent yourself slipping on icy pavements. How to make clothes pegs last longer. How to stop flies coming into your house. How to stop a boiling pot steaming up the kitchen. It is all here.

• Length: 240 pages
• Language: English
• Publisher: DC Thomson
• Publication date: 1 Mar. 2017