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At the end of the War we had all the street parties. I remember everyone being happy and going mad. Like Alvin said - it’s amazing where the food came from as we didn’t see a lot of food in those days. I think that in some respects we as children might have been helped by rationing as all of the junk-food — the sweets and things weren’t available, so we just had to eat raw carrots and things like that — a much healthier option.

Sweets were on ration until the early 1050’s, it wasn’t an overnight thing that they came back. I was working when they became available — so 1951, 1952.

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 Peter Roberts and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

See more of Peter's stories:

• My Mother wouldn’t have that!
• Fire-Watching and other jobs
• That’s how it was done then
• They were machine-gunning us!
• Watching the prisoners
• Put them on show
• Make-shift weapons

Also see Alvin's stories:

• School Shifts

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