Whitewavemark2 Fri 18-Dec-20 08:52:56
I can remember there was a patriotic call to buy British in the 60s because our economy was performing so badly against other economies. I wonder how it ended, allowing our economy to thrive and expand?
That's right, I remember that too. Did you watch Andrew Marr on BBC2? "Elizabethans." He explained how our economy went from manufacturing to a service industry.
travelsafar Fri 18-Dec-20 09:01:31
Maybe we should go back to the days of making our own clothes, knitting and sewing lol. We would probably take more care of items and keep them for longer if time, money and effort had gone into the making of them.
My wife has always done just that. It can still be expensive though. For example, she has made me a collection of Hawaiian shirts, each one needs three yards of fabric, then there's the notions, the paper pattern and the electricity. It takes her ten hours, start to finish, the costs quickly add up. But my shirts last and last.