when i was a child i had handme downs, that included underwear socks
etc..our mum made stews and other meals you could have two days in a row with a little tweaking, she would get a soup bone from the butchers boil it, we had broth and bread, chicken carcass also boiled
nothing wasted, b/w telly and a radiogram.. we thought we were doing rather well..i do remember using an old pair of socks for gloes in winter...but we were happy.