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My Gran mentioned that she would walk a mile back from school to discover her mother with five ration books sending her down to the shop to get oranges. After telling us it was always her and not her sister who went down my Dad started laughing. 'Imagine a fifteen month old standing in a queue with a ration book.'
Between them they had between four and five ration books - My Gran's, her sister's, her mother's, her Gran's and her Grandad's. This meant that rationing didn't hit them too hard as they could have a large tin of fruit every Sunday, 20 ozs Bacon/Ham, Margarine and Cooking Fat,10ozs Butter, Cheese, Tea, 40ozs Sugar and 15 pints of milk a week. This was plenty to support 3 adults, a child and a baby.
On top of the ration books her Granda worked as a boiler maker at Jarrow shipyards so recieved gifts such as a quart of tea, a jar of jam or a pack of sugar from the Polish sailors who used the yards for repairs to their boats.

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