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Some people overdid it and it was in all the papers that a few people died from eating too many
During the war everything was rationed,we were issued with ration books; cream for groceries,red for clothes and another one for sweets. I was a great treat being given a silver sixpence (2 p) for 2 ozs of sweets,which was all we could buy with…
Tags: bananas, food, overeating, rationing, war
'Some people overdid it and it was in all the papers that a few people died from eating too many.'
During the war everything was rationed,we were issued with ration books; cream for groceries,red for clothes and another one for sweets. I was a great treat being given a silver sixpence (2 p) for 2 ozs of sweets,which was all we could buy with…
Tags: bananas, food, overeating, rationing, war