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ration book

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ration book n → tessera annonaria
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He said: "I was born in September 1939, straight after the outbreak of the Second World War, so virtually all of my earliest memories are of that conflict and its aftermath - fathers in uniform away for years, evacuees, air raid sirens, bomb damage, prisoners of war, ration books and then finally, the wonderful bonfires to celebrate VE Day and VJ Day and the grieving families who lost fathers, husbands, brothers and sons.
Remember sacrifice our son has made; TRIBUTES PAID TO FALLEN ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
November 3, 1939 With the Second World War underway for two months the Post Office began distributing the first of 130,000 ration books to the people of Huddersfield 1755: Marie Antoinette, Queen Consort of Louis XVI of France, was born in Vienna.
On this day by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
QWHEN were the last ration books issued and what for?
Just ask; Posers and puzzlers by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
 
 
 
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