Hello reminiscers. In 1947 the government made available extra coupons (I think for clothing, but maybe food, too) to schoolchildren who were over a certain height or over a certain weight for their height. I was not tall, and I was just on the right weight for my height, so I spent all my pocket money on three pounds of bananas at lunch time, managed to eat them all, fronted up for my weigh in after lunch, and managed to slip into the "overweight" group. My mother was amazed when I arrived home with my bonus coupons, and I had to explain what I had done. She gave me a lecture on "cheating" but she certainly didn't give the coupons back!. So 1948 seems to be, by consensus, about the time the rationing ended. Regards Ada Ada Ackerly. Melbourne Formerly Ackerly Docusearch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette O'donohue" <ehawkpr@netconnect.com.au> To: <australia@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 9:05 AM Subject: Re: [AUS] Food Vouchers in the 1940's > Hi Joan > > I can remember going to the shops with coupons for food about 1947-48. > > Annette > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan" <birtles@tpg.com.au> > To: <australia@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 9:27 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS] Food Vouchers in the 1940's > > > > Dear Listers > > > > My husband and I were discussing the days when we had to use food vouchers > > to buy various food items during the 1940s but we could not remember when > > these finished. I know we had various coloured vouchers for different > > items of food as I used to go shopping for my mum at our local grocery > > store > > and my husband being a grocer used to have to account for these vouchers > > as > > they were presented. > > > > Does anyone remember or know what year they were finished please. I > > could > > not find anything on google. > > > > Cheers > > Joan > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > AUSTRALIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message