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My family had a choice of going without sugar in tea or without puddings... Ever since than I do not have...
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New peggy rugs were made to put in front of the hearth for Christmas as well....
So as well as keeping chickens for eggs and eating when they were past laying,he would buy baby goslings in...
My 2 elder sisters, 13 and 15, were excellent knitters and produced a gentle flow of dark blue socks, heels...
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The day finally arrived in 1952 when sugar came off the ration, so to supply the desparate needs of a sweet...
There was a shortage of eggs at the time and we would keep them in a bucket in the cellar, this kept...
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