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Roast beef on D-day

Margaret Hannaford lived with her father in a cottage in the grounds of Churston House between Paignton and...

Ration Books and Shops in Beverleyicon for Story with photo

Originally Robert Hagley was from Kingston upon Thames but by 1952 the family had moved to Beverley, East...

Pies

I was standing in the queue for ration of mince pies.Everyone was allowed two pies.I was pregnant at the...

Rations

I can remember my mother queing at the butchers 3 times, only to come away with a pound of sausages. My...

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June Martins Memories of a Belfast Childhood during WW2 (smuggling)

It was customary for busloads of people from the North to go to the nearest town “across the...

Recycling

My mother got hold of a parachute at the end of the war — they sold off a lot of them at...

The Desert Rat and the Whale

George was a desert rat and was at Dunkirk... He was posted out to the Middle Est three months after...

World War Sweets

Her local sweet shop was Wilsons on the Newtownards Road in Belfast. On Friday night she went down to...

'A Bit Extra' This Week!

Mine was very good and would give me a 'marrow bone' which I boiled with veg for the babies. One...

The Cat Who Caught the Horse

Father, who was in the fire service on the docks, found himself longing for a piece of steak. My mother...

Memories of WWII: Rationing Near Manchester

His family was allowed 2 eggs a month, and hardly any meat, butter or sugar... When conscription began, his...

Occupation after D-day — Shortage of food

They tried and make salt, you know, get brine, we used to go and fetch a ration of brine, and that's my...

A Brief Tale of Pepper

The new bride was somewhat "green" about housekeeping and shopping for food and, on one classic...

Making Do: Making Clothes from Blankets in Derby

During the war to save coupons, we bought blankets from Derby Market and a local dressmaker Mrs Attewell,...

The Food Officer

My father was the Food Officer for Hadleigh and his Food Office was located in Hadleigh High Street during...

Wartime Food Treats

There were sultanas, cheese and a banana....

Sweeties for Titch the Pony

So my mum went to the chemist and bought some Ex-Lax, which tasted sweet and she'd break them into...

Grandma's war: Rationing in the London Area

But some evacuesse came to our village and lived in the school... We only got one bar off toffee a week and...

Rationing

Throwing away food was never even considered so on Saturday nights, food was sold off cheaply as we knew we...

Making friends in the sausage que

Every friday morning during the war I used to join a que outside Sears the Butchers shop who was notid for...

Making Clothes

My mother knitted Dad's socks and we both knitted clothes for our evacuee children and balaclavas and...

Clothing

We also used to have a regulr visit from a prisoner of war, a German man called Horst Tank. He was very...

The Lighter Side of the Blackout

My grandparents, especially my grandfather, used to enjoy telling this story to me when I was a child......

The Yellow Food Colouring

When she heard that war had been announced she knew that food might get a bit short. "Well" she...

Making Do

At first during the raids we slept on a mattress under the dinigng room table but then had an air raid...

The Thrill of Shopping

I well remember going to the town 10 miles away with my mother joining all the queues. The thrill when we...

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