By Molly Brady
As you can see this is
not a lot of food for
one person for a week.
Most of us would eat
that in a day. This was
supposed to help
Britain not waste any
food. There was no
fear of that!
Propaganda
There wasn’t a lot of food
during WW2 in Britain for a
for many reasons: A lot of
the processed and canned
foods were reserved for
shipping overseas to the
Military or Allies.
Transportation of fresh
foods was limited due to
gasoline and tyre rationing.
So they didn’t just ration
food. The soldiers were the
main priority. The
Government didn’t care if
civilians only got a bit as
long as their soldiers were
well fed.
Rationing Books
The rationing in WW2 went on for six
years, this period of time became
known as “The Emergency” to the
people of Ireland. When older Irish
people speak of the memories of the
war
they
always
call
it
The
Emergency.
Some
of
the
more
important foods that were rationed
during and after WW2 were tea,
sugar, butter and flour. Bread was
rationed in 1942. We all know how
much bread is part of the Irish diet!!!!