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Britain still on ration in 1953
My mothers Ration Book from 1953
Although the Americans had won the Second World War in 1945 with a little help from Britain and a few other countries (as modern films would have us believe). Many items were still on ration well into the early 1950s in Britain, if the items were not on ration they were in short supply.
Britain was bankrupt after the war, not much has changed in the last 60 years, although we have now paid off the final part of the loan (from the Americans) in the last couple of years to help us fight the war and re-build, we as still bust in 2010.
Britain still on ration in 1953
My mothers Ration Book from 1953
Although the Americans had won the Second World War in 1945 with a little help from Britain and a few other countries (as modern films would have us believe). Many items were still on ration well into the early 1950s in Britain, if the items were not on ration they were in short supply.
Britain was bankrupt after the war, not much has changed in the last 60 years, although we have now paid off the final part of the loan (from the Americans) in the last couple of years to help us fight the war and re-build, we as still bust in 2010.