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Date Created / Date Issued:
1940-02-12
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Description:
Great Britain Ministry of Information: Daily Press Notices and Bulletins, No. 14: February 12, 1940
Type:
image
Topic:
Morale
Owning Repository:
University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
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.
On May 13, 1940, Winston Churchill gave his first, and some believe one of his greatest speeches as British prime minister. This poster was created to both remind the British public of his words as a way to bolster their resolve and as a call to other countries, especially the United States, that assistance to Britain was imperitive for world peace. "At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, ‘Come then, let us go forward together with our united strength.’”
A series of three posters issued in the event of war. The designs were never officially issued so few originals can be found. Some in the government felt that the posters were not inspiring and were even annoying to the British people as the posters would “seem to doubt the steadiness of their nerves.”
