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Contents 1 Picture request 2 Text from other article 3 Post-war rationing 4 Merge request 5 Plagiarism 6 End of rationing in UK 7 New Request / Conversation 8 Something else that wasn't rationed 9 Additional rationing to the article 10 Additional rationing to the article

[edit] Picture request

A picture of a ration book has been requested at the UK Wikipedians' notice board. TheGrappler 17:29, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Text from other article

The following text is from "world war 2 rationing", which was marked to be merged here. Perhaps the detailed figures ought to be added to the article, but they aren't souced, so I'm just putting it here.

lots of things were rationed including eggs, bacon, milk, sugar, cheese, butter, bread and jam.An average adults weekly ration in may 1941: 3 pints of milk 55g tea 225g jam 1 shillings worth of meat 170 g of butter 55 g of cooking fat 225g of sugar 115g of bacon 30g of cheese housewives had to do with what they had. many new recires were invented during world war 2.carrot cake was one of them.

dbenbenn | talk 01:47, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Post-war rationing

Can somebody please explain why rationing continued in Britain after the end of the War. The U-boats were not sinking ships ye British people could not feed themselves adequately, Why??

Neverdespairgirl 09:40, 3 January 2007 (UTC) Hello - the reasons why rationing continued were several. Firstly, world-wide food production was still down - lots of people were in armies, land had been damaged, etc. Secondly, there were severe financial problems. Some British products (such as whisky, for example) were export-only so that foreign currency could be obtained. Britain was broke. In addition, it was difficult to remove rationing because once a product went off-ration, there was a huge surge in demand for it, from people who wanted to enjoy something they'd not had before.

Also there's the question of Britain's legal obligations as an occupying power. After the war the Allies (including Britain) had to not only feed themselves but also their former enemies too. Occupying powers are responsible for the welfare of the countries they occupy, and places like Germany (which was under Allied control after the war) were so devastated that they could not produce much food themselves. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.146.46.247 (talk) 22:16, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

The UK was also the only country in Europe (other than the neutrals of course) that got no benefit from the Marshall Plan. -- Roger (talk) 21:55, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merge request

The requested merge was with an article which takes the form of a page copied verbatim from an uncredited source. As this is a potential (and very likely) copyright violation I've deleted the offending article and redirected the topic to this one. Chris Cunningham 13:37, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plagiarism

This section:

"Establishments known as "British Restaurants" supplied another almost universal experience of eating away from home. British Restaurants were run by local authorities, who set them up in a variety of different premises such as schools and church halls. They evolved from the LCC’s Londoners’ Meals Service which originated in September 1940 as a temporary, emergency system for feeding those who had been bombed out. By mid-1941 the LCC was operating two hundred of these restaurants. Here a three course meal cost only 9d. Standards varied, but the best were greatly appreciated and had a large regular clientele.

is almost entirely taken from here with some re-ordering of sentences, without the source being credited or quoted. Crana 00:02, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] End of rationing in UK

Rationing ended in 1954 (not 1953) - and I don't mean bananas. See for more detail of what came off coupons and when see http://www.worldwar2exraf.co.uk/Online%20Museum/Museum%20Docs/foodrationpage5.html Norvo 19:41, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Request / Conversation

I'm placing this request here, since it is the most recent entry:

Does the author or any other party have a source for the following?

"At the beginning of World War II, the UK imported 55 million tons of foodstuffs per year (70%), including more than 50% of its meat, 70% of its cheese and sugar, nearly 80% of fruits and about 90% of cereals and fats. It was one of the principal strategies of the Axis to attack shipping bound for the UK, restricting British industry and potentially starving the nation into submission (see Battle of the Atlantic)."

I'm in the midst of my dissertation, and could certainly benefit from the document from which this passage was culled.

[edit] Something else that wasn't rationed

According to my mother, who claims to have eaten it, whale meat was not rationed (I am guessing because it was easier to get a large supply from a single animal.) Does anyone know if this was the case? Apparently only the poor familiies, like my mother's, ate it. 99.246.21.226 (talk) 18:05, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Additional rationing to the article

I seem to remember that coal, oil, petrol and parafin were also rationed and that there were certain restrictions on some public transport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.110.236 (talk) 00:12, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Additional rationing to the article

Coal, oil, petrol and parafin were also rationed and that there were certain restrictions on some public transport. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.110.236 (talk) 00:15, 29 May 2008 (UTC)