My Dad would go and queue up for the food....
A soldier returning from the war to a street containing about a dozen young children brought home a banana....
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There was so much excitement - I was dressed as a fairy in a pink tutu and pink satin ballet pumps. We...
Despite rationing my Grandad says they always had enough to eat, and enough beer for the pub they ran......
My very earliest memory was of the street party to celebrate the victory. I was very small and since...
Spanish Root I remember eating this as a substitute to sweets as we had no coupons in the ration book for...
Everything was on ration and my mother carefully saved the sugar ration to make some toffee to send to my...
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My father smuggled a pig over the border with a blanket wrapped round it. Customs asked who it was and we...
My maternal Grandfather worked down the coal mines in the West Midlands during the war....
A suitable way round this shortage was found using liquid parrafin instead of fat for baking cakes etc.,....
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