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- ateamwar
- People in story:听
- Ada Seleck
- Location of story:听
- Liverpool
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4914092
- Contributed on:听
- 10 August 2005
This story appears courtesy of and with thanks to The Liverpool Diocesan Care and Repair Association and James Taylor.
I remember about the rationing; there was two ounces of butter! You were alright if there wasn鈥檛 a lot in the family. Fat was very, very scarce, there wasn鈥檛 anything in the fat line, there was powdered milk too. It was a terrible time to live in. I remember going down early and standing in the Maypole for whatever they were selling at the time. The word just went around all of us for such a shop and we hoped to get something. I think people would rather forget those awful times in case they came back again. People are too brave now to stand anything like that. I
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