1945 Standard rationing WW2 - Revision history

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 '''CLOTHES RATIONING ENDED''' '''IN March 1949'''.
-'''JANUARY 1942 FUEL RATIONING.'''
+'''JANUARY 1942 FUEL RATIONING.'''   15 CWT (20 CWT = 1 TON) year IN THE SOUTH, considered warmer    20 CWT per year IN THE NORTH.  '''ANTHRACITE NOT RATIONED and eagerly sought where coal mined'''
 '''PETROL''' was rationed until march 1942, then abolished.  From then NO CIVILIAN PETROL WAS ALLOWED

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 '''COUPONS'''
-'''CLOTHING'''  In 1942 66 points, by 1945 down to 24 POUNTS PER YEAR
+'''CLOTHING'''  In 1942 66 points, by 1945 down to 24 POINTS PER YEAR
 An overcoat, fully lined     18      coupons,
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 woollen dress                      11      coupons
-'''CHILDREN aged 14-16'''         20 extra points per year work clothes  such as overalls for factory work got extra points
+'''CHILDREN aged 14-16'''    20 extra points per year work clothes  such as overalls for factory work got extra points.  Clothing coupons also used for wool, cotton and household textiles.   No points were required for second-hand clothes or fur coats, but their prices were fixed.   LACE and FRILLS had been popular on knickers but were soon banned to save material.  From 1942 austerity measures RESTRICTED BUTTONS POCKETS and PLEATS (among other things) ON CLOTHES
 '''CLOTHES RATIONING ENDED''' '''IN March 1949'''.
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 '''ANTHRACITE NOT RATIONED and eagerly sought where coal mined'''
-'''PETROL''' was rationed until march 1942, then abolished.
+'''PETROL''' was rationed until march 1942, then abolished.  From then NO CIVILIAN PETROL WAS ALLOWED
 APPROVED USERS OF PETROL WERE EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUS COMPANIES and FARMERS.  THIS FUEL WAS DYED RED. Using it personally was an offence.
-'''SOAP RATIONED'''     TO 4 COUPONS MONTH BY 1945
+'''SOAP RATIONED'''     TO 4 COUPONS MONTH BY 1945.   Some workers and invalids also babies were allowed more.  1 COUPON yielded  4oz hard soap, 3oz toilet soap, 6oz soap powder
-Some workers and invalids also babies were allowed more
+'''PAPER SUPPLY WAS CONTROLLED.'''  Paper for books so short that even classics liable to be out of print.   '''Many SCHOOLS SHORT OF TEXT BOOKS.'''
 The biggest percentage of paper used by the war office.
-'''UNRATIONED GOODS BECAME VIRTUALLY UNOBTAINABLE'''
+'''UNRATIONED GOODS BECAME VIRTUALLY UNOBTAINABLE.'''   SCRAPS OF WOOD WOULD BE MADE INTO SMALL TOYS, SOME BY THE PRISONERS OF WAR WHICH THEY COULD SELL.
 '''Editor<nowiki>'s Comment  ''</nowiki>'''''SHOPS DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE RATIONED GOODS AND WHEN THEY DID LONG QUEUES FORMED.''
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 ''BY 1945 NEWSPAPERS LIMITED TO 25% PRE-WAR CONSUMPTION''
-'''''WRAPPING PAPER FOR MOST GOODS WAS PROHIBITED'''HERE WERE NO SUPERMARKETS THEN, NO FRIDGES, NO FREEZERS, SO SHOPPING WAS DONE ALMOST DAILY, AT THE BUTCHERS, BAKERS,AND GREENGROCERS IN THE HOPE SOMETHING WAS IN. MILK CERTAINLY WOULD NOT KEEP LONG FOR IT WAS NOT PASTURISED AND EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE TO KEEP IT COOL, EVEN A BUCKET OF WATER COULD HELP.''
+'''''WRAPPING PAPER FOR MOST GOODS WAS PROHIBITED.  T'''HERE WERE NO SUPERMARKETS THEN, NO FRIDGES, NO FREEZERS, SO SHOPPING WAS DONE ALMOST DAILY, AT THE BUTCHERS, BAKERS,AND GREENGROCERS IN THE HOPE SOMETHING WAS IN.   MILK CERTAINLY WOULD NOT KEEP LONG FOR IT WAS NOT PASTURISED AND EVERY EFFORT WAS MADE TO KEEP IT COOL, EVEN A BUCKET OF WATER COULD HELP.''
 '''''DIG FOR VICTORY'''''
-''PEOPLE GREW AS MUCH OF THEIR OWN PRODUCE AS POSSIBLE AND CANNED AS MUCH AS THEY COULD FOR WINTER. IF REGISTERED EXTRA SUGAR WAS ALLOWED FOR FRUIT.''
+''PEOPLE GREW AS MUCH OF THEIR OWN PRODUCE AS POSSIBLE AND CANNED AS MUCH AS THEY COULD FOR WINTER.  IF REGISTERED EXTRA SUGAR WAS ALLOWED FOR FRUIT.''
-'''''BABY EXTRAS'''''
+'''WHALE MEAT NOT RATIONED.'''  Whale meat was allowed, but it was not popular because the smell was thought to be unpleasant while cooking and the taste thought to be bland.
-''CLINICS DOLED OUT CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE, COD LIVER OIL AND MALT SYRUP FOR BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN''
+'''''ONE PIG ALLOWED.'''''  ''YOU COULD KILL ONE PIG A YEAR. IT WAS NECESSARY TO SHARE THIS, THE OTHERS SHARING THEIRS LATER''
-'''''EXPLOSIVE FATS'''''
+'''''RABBITS ALLOWED.'''''  ''IF YOU KEPT RABBITS FOR EATING A SMALL SUPPLIMENT OF MEAL WAS ALLOWED FOR THEM.   CHILDREN OFTEN KEPT RABBITS''
-''FATS WERE RATIONED BUT THERE WAS ALSO FAT OUT OF THE PIG  MEAT, WHICH COULD BE VERY FATTY, BUT IT WOULD BE USED MANY TIMES OVER UNTIL AT LAST IT WOULD BE HANDED IN TO THE BUTCHER FOR PAYMENT.   THE BUTCHER SOLD IT TO RENDERING PLANTS TO BE MADE INTO EXPLOSIVES.''
+'''''VITAMIN C.'''''  ''CHILDREN ALSO COLLECTED HIPS WHICH WERE BOUGHT BY THE CHEMISTS FOR A SMALL SUM AND SENT BY THE CWT FOR PROCESSING INTO ROSE HIP SYRUP.''
-'''''NOT RATIONED'''''
+'''''BABY EXTRAS.'''''  ''CLINICS DOLED OUT CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE, COD LIVER OIL AND MALT SYRUP FOR BABIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN''
-''CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO WERE NOT RATIONED''
+'''''EXPLOSIVE FATS.'''''   ''FATS WERE RATIONED BUT THERE WAS ALSO FAT OUT OF THE PIG  MEAT, WHICH COULD BE VERY FATTY, BUT IT WOULD BE USED MANY TIMES OVER UNTIL AT LAST IT WOULD BE HANDED IN TO THE BUTCHER FOR PAYMENT.   THE BUTCHER SOLD IT TO RENDERING PLANTS TO BE MADE INTO EXPLOSIVES.''
-'''''BREAD WAS NOT RATIONED'''''
+'''''NOT RATIONED.'''''   ''CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO WERE NOT RATIONED''
-''The “National loaf” of wholemeal bread which replaced the white was very unpopular, said to be “mushy, grey and to cause indigestion”''
+'''''BREAD WAS NOT RATIONED.'''''   ''The “National loaf” of wholemeal bread which replaced the white was very unpopular, said to be “mushy, grey and to cause indigestion”''

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−	This item is listed in [[Social Snapshots 1900-1968 inc]]	+	This item is listed in [[Social Snapshots 1900-1968 inc]]. entered under date 1939

	click [[Wars]] for local details of the Boer War, WW1, WW2, & The Cold War		click [[Wars]] for local details of the Boer War, WW1, WW2, & The Cold War

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 click [[Wars]] for local details of the Boer War, WW1, WW2, & The Cold War
 Rationing started in 1939
-'''STANDARD RATIONING   1945  (Rations tightened several times)'''
+'''STANDARD RATIONING  was tightened over the years'''
 '''PER PERSON PER WEEK'''

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−	~~In 1945 Standard rationing was introduced~~	+
		+	Rationing started in 1939

	'''STANDARD RATIONING 1945 (Rations tightened several times)'''		'''STANDARD RATIONING 1945 (Rations tightened several times)'''

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-In 1945 Standard rationing was introduced{{Social Snapshot
+In 1945 Standard rationing was introduced
-|Year=1945
 '''STANDARD RATIONING   1945  (Rations tightened several times)'''

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		+	click [[Wars]] for local details of the Boer War, WW1, WW2, & The Cold War
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	In 1945 Standard rationing was introduced{{Social Snapshot		In 1945 Standard rationing was introduced{{Social Snapshot
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 n.b. this was  unpasteurised full cream milk
 '''PER PERSON PER MONTH'''
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 TINNED AND DRIED FOOD 24 points per 4 weeks
-EGG PER WEEK  or( 1pkt EGG POWDER, = 12 EGGS PER MONTH) vegetarians, invalids and children 3 per week,expectant mothers 2.   (If you kept your own chickens they rarely laid in the winter)
+EGG PER WEEK  or( 1pkt EGG POWDER, = 12 EGGS PER MONTH) vegetarians, invalids and children 3 per week, expectant mothers 2.   (If you kept your own chickens they rarely laid in the winter)
-'''COUPOTHING'''  In 1942 66 points, by 1945 down to 24 POUNTS PER YEAR
+'''CLOTHING'''  In 1942 66 points, by 1945 down to 24 POUNTS PER YEAR
 An overcoat, fully lined     18      coupons,
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 man’s suit                      26-29 coupons depending on lining
-mens ‘s shoes                       9      coupons
+men‘s shoes                       9      coupons
 women’s  shoes                   7       coupons
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 woollen dress                      11      coupons
-CHILDREN aged 14-16         20 extra points per year work clothes  such as overalls for factory work got extra points
+'''CHILDREN aged 14-16'''         20 extra points per year work clothes  such as overalls for factory work got extra points
 Clothing coupons also used for wool, cotton and household textiles
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 LACE and FRILLS had been popular on knickers but were soon banned to save material.  From 1942 austerity measures RESTRICTED BUTTONS POCKETS and PLEATS (among other things) ON CLOTHES
-CLOTHES RATIONING ENDED IN March 1949.
+'''CLOTHES RATIONING ENDED''' '''IN March 1949'''.
 '''JANUARY 1942 FUEL RATIONING.'''
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 '''ANTHRACITE NOT RATIONED and eagerly sought where coal mined'''
-'''PETROL''' was rationed until march 1942, then abolished.  From then NO CIVILIAN PETROL WAS ALLOWED
+'''PETROL''' was rationed until march 1942, then abolished.
-APPROVED USERS OF PETROL WERE EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUS COMPANIES and FARMERS.  THIS FUEL WAS DYED RED. Using to personally was an offence.
+APPROVED USERS OF PETROL WERE EMERGENCY SERVICES, BUS COMPANIES and FARMERS.  THIS FUEL WAS DYED RED. Using it personally was an offence.
 '''SOAP RATIONED'''     TO 4 COUPONS MONTH BY 1945
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 SCRAPS OF WOOD WOULD BE MADE INTO SMALL TOYS, SOME BY THE PRISONERS OF WAR WHICH THEY COULD SELL.
-'''Editor's Comment''''''''SHOPS DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE RATIONED GOODS AND WHEN THEY DID LONG QUEUES FORMED.'''''
+'''Editor<nowiki>'s Comment  ''</nowiki>'''''SHOPS DID NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE RATIONED GOODS AND WHEN THEY DID LONG QUEUES FORMED.''
 ''BY 1945 NEWSPAPERS LIMITED TO 25% PRE-WAR CONSUMPTION''
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 '''''RABBITS ALLOWED'''''
-''IF YOU KEPT RABBITS FOR EATING A SMALL SUPPLIMENT OF MEAL WAS ALLOWED FOR THEM. CHILDREN OFTEN KEPT RABBITS''
+''IF YOU KEPT RABBITS FOR EATING A SMALL SUPPLIMENT OF MEAL WAS ALLOWED FOR THEM.   CHILDREN OFTEN KEPT RABBITS''
 '''''VITAMIN C'''''

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	''PEOPLE GREW AS MUCH OF THEIR OWN PRODUCE AS POSSIBLE AND CANNED AS MUCH AS THEY COULD FOR WINTER. IF REGISTERED EXTRA SUGAR WAS ALLOWED FOR FRUIT.''		''PEOPLE GREW AS MUCH OF THEIR OWN PRODUCE AS POSSIBLE AND CANNED AS MUCH AS THEY COULD FOR WINTER. IF REGISTERED EXTRA SUGAR WAS ALLOWED FOR FRUIT.''
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		+	'''WHALE MEAT NOT RATIONED'''
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		+	Whale meat was allowed, but it was not popular because the smell was thought to be unpleasant while cooking and the taste thought to be bland.

	'''''ONE PIG ALLOWED'''''		'''''ONE PIG ALLOWED'''''