Try the web site for the National Library of Australia. There ought to be something on rationing. ----------------------------------------------- Regards Betty Candy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Brown" <roger@saltram.worldonline.co.uk> To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, 3 August 2001 4:33 AM Subject: Rationing after WW2 ?? > Hi list > > How long after the end of WW2 did rationing continue in Os ?? > > I'm trying to date a letter sent from a great aunt living in Ultimo, Sydney, > NSW. > I don't know her married name, but I have an address, so trying to narrow > down the time frame. > > She says <"Yes I find the ration for one a bit small, although we get six > ozs. of butter to your three, but we are only allowed one lb. of sugar & 2 > ozs. of tea a week. Meat is rationed too, but I do not eat much meat. " > > > Also <"All household linen & clothing are still rationed, but not bread or > vegetables, carrots are 9d lb. this week & beans are down to 1/6, you are > lucky to get tobacco. The men here scram from shop to shop, to get a packet > of cigarettes and matches are doled out one box at a time."> > > Then <"but I think everything will brighten up shortly, when our men get > sick of striking. No potatoes this week, the wharf labourers were out & the > spuds went bad on the ships and were dumped"> > > For the record, she was born in 1876, Florence Rose BROWN, in London, UK. > > Any thoughts on the rationing would be appreciated. > > From Warm and wet Kent UK. > Roger > ICQ 41417472 > mailto:<Roger_Brown@bigfoot.com> > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >