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| philfred Quote | Reply | | Rationing and Kitbags posted on: 7/20/2005 7:38:40 PM The old man returned from West Africa late one Thursday evening with a kitbag over his shoulder. Mam said she was sorry that she could not even make him a drink of tea. The pantry was bare and the coupons were not valid until Friday. The old man tipped the contents of the kitbag on the floor and said take a look in that lot. He had brought back tinned everything, if it could be tinned it was there. Mam burst in to tears at seeing so many essentials and a few goodies as well. Dad said he 2 more bags to collect fronm the station and he went the next day with the wheelbarrow to collect them. He had travelled back by troopship and when the ship docked in England the customs and military police were just pointing at troops coming down the gangplank. If you got the finger it was out of sight and everything was searched down to the buff. With that in mind he did not try to bring in any contraband. He said he went in on D-Day + 6 after being flown from West Africa in the bomb bay of a Mosquito. We had the telegram he sent mam, it was free but no more than ten words. "You are now in my thoughts more than ever", a message I will never forget alas the telegram has been lost. regards Phil |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 7/22/2006 3:11:17 PM On the 3rd September 1939 the government announced that petrol and oil was to be rationed, allowing about 200 miles of motoring per month for each motorist. Driving tests were also suspended due to petrol rationing; except of course for forces personnel. Because of petrol shortages it meant there were fewer vehicles on the road and most people relied on public transport a lot more, which also caused a great deal of problems. Due to this the Government issued posters and campaigns urging people not to travel at all, unless their journey was really necessary. That during the war car radios were also banned. It became an offence for any person to have in his or her possession or under his or her control any radio receiving apparatus installed in any motor vehicle. In June 1940 the first car radio fine to be handed out was give to Vince De Duca, a British Born subject, who was fined £5 at Glasgow magistrates court |
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Iceboy53
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replied on: 7/22/2006 3:16:43 PM With imports of food declining because of the U boat attacks on shipping and the advance of the German army across Europe , the British government set up a committee of nutritional experts to advise the War Cabinet on a strategic food policy. The committee issued a report with the effect that each person in Britain could easily survive on twelve ounces of bread, six ounces of vegetables, a pound of potatoes, two ounces of oatmeal, an ounce of fat, and six-tenths of a pint of milk per day, supplemented either by small amounts of cheese, pulses, meat, fish, sugar, eggs and dried fruit. Food prices were fixed at a standard rate so there was no over-charging, in order that the poorer people would not go without. Everyone was expected to adhere to rationing, including the Royal Family, although those that lived in the country enjoyed some benefits - extra eggs and vegetables, for example. Everyone was allowed 16 points per month to use on what ever food items they wished. This was later increased to 20 points per month. Of course the items purchased still had to be paid for. Milk was also in short supply, due in part to the slaughter of many dairy herds during 1940 in order to allow more land to be used for the growing of vital food crops for the nation. There were of course concessions for fresh milk, such as children and pregnant mothers - as described elsewhere. Also if the parents joint income was below that set by the government of £2 per week then milk was free. The standard price for a pint of milk was 2d (Approx.1p) People learned new tricks, like bottling fruit or shaking the top off the milk to make a tiny piece of butter. Did it taste like butter? Not really, but it was better than no butter at all. Tea was reused as many times as possible (no tea bags those days). Eggs were too precious to use in cakes and so dried eggs were used instead. Even liquid paraffin was used in place of fat sometimes in cake mix. |
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replied on: 9/29/2006 12:23:13 AM milk was rationed at two and half pints per person per week expecting and nursing mothers got one pint a day |
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suzard
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replied on: 11/19/2006 5:05:06 PM R&H 26 June 1942 The manufacture of ice cream after Sept 30th is forbidden. This is in order to set free skilled man power and refrigerator space for storing more essential goods.Incidentally, it will save 1000 tons a yearof paper and board used for tubs and wrapping. |
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replied on: 11/21/2006 10:34:05 AM 22ND Jan 1942 Ripley & Heanor News FEEDING BIRDS IN WARTIME The authorities have decided in order to save the shipping space, to reduce all seeds for canaries and budgerigars. There is no reason, the R.S.P.C.A. announces, why owners of such birds and their friends should not grow many of the seeds in this country. Grow your own seeds It is certainly possible to grow several kinds in this country, but the prospect of a satisfactory crop of seeds would depend largely on the weather in any particular season. Canary seed, teasle, hemp, maw, linseed, sunflower can be grown in the open, but need care. There are at least five kinds of millet in the trade great, common, Italian, sanwa, spiked –but the prospect of success in more doubtful than with the other seeds mentioned, as the millets are normally grown in a considerably warmer climate. You can grow your own linseed, but care must be taken not to give it to canaries, though it is quite suitable for budgerigars. Alternative diet for Budgerigars Budgerigars can be kept on alternatively a mixture of oats, linseed and millet and on stale bread. Oats, groats and rye can be used in lieu of the smaller seed usually given to budgerigars and to a certain extent wheat can be given. Threshing screenings or caving are most useful as they contain many weed seeds, most of which are suitable for canaries and budgerigars. For parrots, oats, rye, barley, wheat, as well as sunflower seeds, may be used. Seeds from plantain, dandelions, groundsel and chickweed are all suitable for canaries and budgerigars, and chopped roots such as carrots, turnips, and Swedes will provide an alternative diet. The guidance above given is authoritative and expert. Jenny |
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suzard
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replied on: 2/3/2007 9:43:25 PM Ripley and Heanor Mar 13th 1942 After April 6th no baker will be allowed to bake or sell any white bread and from April 29th onwards neither bakers nor manufacturers will be allowed to bake or manufacture anything white,whether bread, buns, cakes or biscuits. Motoring for pleasure will disappear on July 1st when the basic petrol ration will be withdrawn. The supplementary petrol allowance will be further reduced beginning with the period April-May. The value of the basic ration coupons for may and June will be halved, and as from July the basic ration itself will cease to exist. Absenteeism at war factories will in future be a direct offence subject to prosecution under the Defence regulations. it wasn't all gloom..... The Board of Education announces that the Ministry of Food are now able to release more milk for schoolchildren and the restriction of the school milkscheme in grant aided schools to one third of a pint per child per day will terminate on March 15th. After that date the children who wish to do so will be permitted to have two thirds of a pint per day. |
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