Rationing in Britain during the Second World War, 1942

ID: 422 ~ Source: "[Rationing in Britain during the Second World War, 1942.]" Image. From Imperial War Museums: Ministry of Information Second World War Official Collection. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205195859 (accessed July 11, 2018). ~ Creator: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer ~ Date: 1942
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A tray containing the ration book of Mr. Norman Franklin and his weekly rations of sugar, tea, margarine, "national butter," lard, eggs, and bacon.

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By Alan Davies
"Rationing started, which would’ve made daily life quite tough. Just getting the food on the table, et cetera. But we were never—it never got to the point where we were gonna starve, I don’t think. And later on, of course, we got a lot of…