British ration book, April 1943.

ID: 298 ~ Source: U.S. Library of Congress courtesy Wikimedia ~ Creator: United States Government ~ Date: April 1943
This file appears in: A Teenager During the Blitz

A shopkeeper cancels the coupons in a British housewife's ration book for the tea, sugar, cooking fats and bacon she is allowed for one week. Most foods in Britain are rationed and some brand names are given the designation "National".

This file appears in: A Teenager During the Blitz

By David Jacobi
"...[My mother and her siblings] were relocated from London. She and her two brothers were all separated and moved into the countryside, and stayed with various families who were all assigned to keep children away from London during the Blitz.…