Wartime Rations UK

[Hedgehog]

 

[Nelson1812]

Think that's a forgery....Lamb _=9p per lb... should be 9d per lb!

 

[sspoom]

could you imagine this type of rationing today?

 

[HOA_KSOP]

No, but if it went to that just think, the obesity level would drop like a stone.

 

[Nelson1812]

Think rationing did not finish until about 1953 in the UK...

 

[HOA_KSOP]

wow

 

[Hedgehog]

Think that's a forgery....Lamb _=9p per lb... should be 9d per lb!

Well spotted Mate

 

[Hedgehog]

Think rationing did not finish until about 1953 in the UK...

It finished at midnight on 4 July 1954,

 

[mTk]

Really? Nine years after the war?
I do not understand that.

 

[steve]

Really? Nine years after the war?
I do not understand that.

This was mainly because a lot of food was imported and we didn’t have the money to buy it.
Steve

 

[mTk]

That doesn't explain limiting the food supply, just why some had more than others.

 

[steve]

I think this might explain it better.

Rationing in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Thanks

 

[mTk]

Now I know. TY!
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[Gunner]

There's no toilet paper on that list.

 

[steve]

There's no toilet paper on that list.

In those days there was plenty of newspaper......