[familyop]

...very hard times in Britain through both world wars. There were food shortages.

[marshmallow]

.....very hard times in Britain through both world wars. There were food shortages.

Essentials like butter, meat and bread were rationed in Britain for many years as a result of WWII. It didn't end until the mid-fifties. Around '54 if memory serves.

All told they had about 14 years of rationing.