![🎙️ Episode 9: Cheap Spangles and All Very Skimpy - Fashion of 1942 - [Nov 4, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/05/Ep-9_Fashion.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 9: Cheap Spangles and All Very Skimpy - Fashion of 1942 - [Nov 4, 1942]
Sewist Amy Kirpatrick helps us to interpret Mattie's letter about her clothes and sewing
26 May 2026
Mattie On The Homefront
A podcast about one family during World War II
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🎙️ Episode 8: We Had The Usual Amount of Good Time - [Nov 1, 1942]
Mattie is volunteering, gambling and listening to football, but not all at the same time.
19 May 2026![🎙️ Episode 7: Put Away So Carefully We Couldn't Find It - [Oct 26, 1942]](https://storage.ghost.io/c/20/a9/20a91fba-e841-4219-9098-ce0f695aff91/content/images/size/w720/2026/05/Ep-7_Prince-Rupert_1940s.jpg)
🎙️ Episode 7: Put Away So Carefully We Couldn't Find It - [Oct 26, 1942]
Mattie is trying to sleuth out where Ken is stationed (spoiler: Prince Rupert - the rainiest city in Canada), and is pretty sure she's got it.
13 May 2026