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How to use this book:

1. Fill in your name, address and National Registration Number (copied from your identity card) in the space provided on the front cover

2. When shopping, you must not cut out the coupons yourself, but must hand your book to the shopkeeper and let him cut them out. IT IS ILLEGAL FOR THE SHOPKEEPER TO ACCEPT LOOSE COUPONS.

3. When ordering goods by post, do not send this book — cut the coupons out, sign your name clearly on the back, and send them with your order. Each of the coupons counts one only, despite the various numbers on them.

4. If you join the Navy, Army or Air Force, take this book with you — it will be asked for. If you go abroad, you must hand your book to the Immigration Officer before you embark. The Clothing Books of deceased persons must be handed to the Registrar or Births and Deaths when the death is notified.

5. This book is the property of H.M. Government, and may only be used by or on behalf of the person to whom it is issued. TAKE CARE NOT TO LOSE IT.

READ THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

Clothes Rationing Information

For further information about clothes rationing ask at your local Citizen’s Advice Bureau,
W.V.S Centre, or Women’s Institute, or get from your bookseller or newsagent a copy of Clothing Coupon QUIZ, price 2d. All your questions are answered in this handy booklet.
(Copies can be ordered direct from H.M Stationary Office, York House, Kingsway, London, W.C.2, Price 3d. each, post free.)

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Becky Barugh of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Mary Pritchard and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

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• Thanksgiving service
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• Joining Up
• One to keep
• Names in a hat
• Too terrible to tell
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• Cards to Mother
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• KSLI Badge
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• A very hard worker
• Mary’s Medals
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• Evacuees on the farm
• Milk from cows?
• Marsh’s Parents with the Evacuees
• Me and the girls
• All of us
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