Hi Listers I was just reading some old e-mails before deleting when I came across one from Moya titled "Guess What" happened on Wednesday 24th March 1953 the answer given was that sweets came off ration in the UK. In fact Sweets and Chocolates came off ration 24th April 1949 according to the Daily Southern Echo newspaper printed 24th April 2003. As we all know that newspapers don't tell lies.!!! Brian Fair Oak
Hi Brian, Well send the Echo these links, then sack the lot of them!! I reckon it was just wishful thinking on some old hacks part. Believe me, as one who can just remember the ending of sweet rationing, I was not alone in wishing it had been in 1949!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/low/dates/stories/february/5/newsid_2737000/2737731.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/5/newsid_2737000/2737731.stm http://www.thisisdorset.net/dorset/bournemouth/news/BOURN_NEWS_FEATURES8.html http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/york/factfile/YORK_FACTFILE_HISTORYFEATURESOLD1.html Moya Page (nee Banting) researching BANTING and PERREN in Hampshire ----- Original Message ----- From: Brian Palmer To: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 10:09 AM Subject: [HantsLife] Re: "Guess What" 24th March 1953 Hi Listers I was just reading some old e-mails before deleting when I came across one from Moya titled "Guess What" happened on Wednesday 24th March 1953 the answer given was that sweets came off ration in the UK. In fact Sweets and Chocolates came off ration 24th April 1949 according to the Daily Southern Echo newspaper printed 24th April 2003. As we all know that newspapers don't tell lies.!!! Brian Fair Oak ==== HAMPSHIRE-LIFE Mailing List ==== Chris and Caroline Hayles, Eastleigh, Hampshire List Administrators: HAMPSHIRE-LIFE-L@rootsweb.com Home of SOUTHERN LIFE(UK) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~villages EMAIL: chris@chayles.freeserve.co.uk FAMILY WEBSITE: http://www.chayles.freeserve.co.uk Over 1,600 villages in HAMPSHIRE, BERKSHIRE, DORSET ISLE OF WIGHT, SURREY, WEST SUSSEX,and WILTSHIRE village history,parish church history, village photographs, and other useful information for genealogy. Lots of links to other useful sites ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237