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People had choices to work by:
Going on buses
Work in factories
Work on farm
In factories - night sifts were 8.00am to 6.00pm. 2 weeks days 2 weeks nights.
People had rashen books for food:
Clothing book
Sweet for Rashen Books
Powdered eggs
No milk chocolate - Blendid Chocolate
No Fruit
Rashen Cigarettes kept under the counter.
Sausage and Liver weren't on rashens.
Mother's use to use liquid path not fat and dried egg in tin - good subsitude.
Denis Covil's brother went to war in South Crydon, London putted years on him - he shouldn't of signed up he was too young. Italians took Denis's brother to prison but he'd brook and escaped with 12 people for 14 weeks, but he was captured and sent to Germany and was released from Germany when war ended. His brother was in the paracute rejecment.
Everywhere you had to have gas masks and indentity cards. You were taken in if you hadn't have identity card. One parcel between two men - you didn't get too much mail. You would get Red Cross parcels if you were in prison. Edna Robinson's sister died in January and recieved letter in April. Some people were called up for war but some of them didn't make a choice, they were called Bevonboys, they worked in the pits not demobed. Edna's sister worked in mines, a few of her friends went into factory - the factory was called Unition Factory in London. During the blitz - no light in homes you had to have blackout curtains you couldn't see a thing.

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