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1. [Weekly Ration for Two People per Week]

Creator / Contributor:
unknown.
Date Created / Date Issued:
1943
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
Public Domain
Description:
On average, one adult’s weekly ration was 113g bacon and ham (about 4 thin slices), one shilling and ten pence worth of meat (about 227g minced beef), 57g butter, 57g cheese, 113g margarine, 113g cooking fat, 3 pints of milk, 227g sugar, 57g tea and 1 egg. Other foods such as canned meat, fish, rice, condensed milk, breakfast cereals, and biscuits, available in limited quantities on a points system. Fresh vegetables and fruit were not rationed but supplies were limited.
Type:
image
Topic:
Rationing
Owning Repository:
© IWM D 14667
Place Name:
Great Britain

2. “Make Do and Mend”

Creator / Contributor:
Ministry of Information
Date Created / Date Issued:
1943
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
Public Domain
Description:
Make Do and Mend was a pamphlet that became an essential guide meant to provide housewives with useful tips and advice on how to deal with clothes rationing.
Type:
text
Topic:
Salvage
Owning Repository:
© The British Library Baord
Place Name:
Great Britain

3. “Ration Book”

Creator / Contributor:
Great Britain. Ministry of Food.
Date Created / Date Issued:
1943
Rights - Use and Reproduction:
Public Domain
Description:
Issued to H S and Mrs. W M McGregor.
Type:
image
Topic:
Rationing
Owning Repository:
© IWM Documents. 9833
Place Name:
Great Britain