Food rationing was introduced on 8 January 1940 and ration books soon became the norm. Everyone had to register themselves at a local butchery, bakery and grocery store and soon there were along queues outside the Co-op. Personal allowances per week were 4 oz. bacon, 4 oz. butter and 12 oz. sugar. Each person was allowed 16 points per month, later increased to 20, to buy foods such as biscuits, breakfast cereals, dried fruit and tinned fruit, though these were not always available. Fresh Allotments were brought into full use, encouraged by the 'Dig for Victory' campaign. There was also an element of illegal 'black market' trading. Some shops would sell 'under the counter' goods without asking for coupons, but you needed to know the code words if you wanted something of that nature. There was also an informally organised and not altogether legal 'Pig Club'. Certain families kept a pig bin in which food scraps were placed. On 1 June 1941, Clothing Coupons ...
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