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#14 Mending their stocking at training and reception Depot for ATS girls in Aldermaston, Berkshire. April 1941.

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#14 Mending their stocking at training and reception Depot for ATS girls in Aldermaston, Berkshire. April 1941.

During WWII Women Painted Their Legs to Mimic Stockings Due to Shortage Of Nylon

#14 Mending their stocking at training and reception Depot for ATS girls in Aldermaston, Berkshire. April 1941.

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←#13 A staff of 20 girls working full time to repair the old stockings. January 1941
#15 Customers have their legs painted at a store in Croydon, so they can save their coupons which would otherwise be used for stockings.→

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