OLD RAGS INTO NEW CLOTH: SALVAGE IN BRITAIN, APRIL 1942 - Men at work at the washing and dyeing vats where carbonised rags are neutralised by being washed in alkaline water and are dyed if necessary. The carbonising process destroys any non-wool fibres in shredded salvaged material, so that the rags can become 'shoddy' and be used to produce new woollen garments

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