dd can start if she wishes, and I'll continue, thanks.
Gosh how we struggled - and we did with second-hand everything, made bits of furniture with bit of wood- nothing matched, and we certainly didn't go out for meals or had any holidays abroad, apart from going to visit my parents by train (a massive journey in those days) and camping in the back garden...
Huge difference to not being able to afford to buy basic food, basic heat and basic lodgings, and basic clothes for the kid, and losing your basic job...