Two-Person Weekly Food Ration (Illustration)

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by Imperial War Museums
published on 19 June 2024

Two-Person Weekly Food Ration — A photograph showing the foodstuffs two adults were entitled to during rationing in wartime Britain. There is milk, sugar, bacon, cheese, butter and chocolate. Other items were also rationed whilst bread, fruit, and vegetables were not. (Imperial War Museums)

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