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Rationing and Dining Out During the War

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Mrs Lena Hickman
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26 July 2005

This story was submitted to the People,s War site by Wendy Young on behalf of Mrs Lena Hickman and has been added to the site with her permission she fully understands the site,s terms and conditions. You could go to the Ritz for 25p and eat spam. I went to a chinese restaurant in Shaftsbury Avenue. There weren't many in those days, I remember eating chinese rolls which were filled with cabbage.
I was invited to an Officers Mess in Lincolnshire to do with the R.A.F and you should have seen the food, fabulous food. Whole salmon, there was never any shortage of fish, and the forces never went short, I think it kept up their morale.
Bread wasn't rationed until after the war, fruit wasn't rationed but one couldn't buy bananas, or oranges. Vegetables weren't rationed but we were advised to dig for victory and grow our own. We were allowed 2o of butter, margerine, lard and tea 4oz of cheese,jam and bacon, 3/4lb meat and one egg per week.
When I worked in the factories there were canteens so I never went hungry.
It's amazing how life went on. One went to the cinema, theatre,and went out to dinner, visited ones friends, you just got used to this sort of life.

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