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Daily Mirror
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Annie Owen & Sara Odeen-Isbister

'I only cook once a week amid cost of living crisis - it's just like the 1950s'

As the cost of living soars, a pensioner fears many like her will have adopt the "make-do and mend" approach, which her parents and other families used when she was growing up in post-war Britain.

Sandra, who lives in Rhyl, Wales believes has shared a raft of ideas to make ends meet, from cooking once a week to lighting her home with solar energy.

Speaking to North Wales Live, she said: “For people of my generation, making do with what you’ve got is second nature because we’ve done it for so long.

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