From Blackout Blinds to Ration Books: Childhood Memories

The contributor was born in September 1943. When she was young, her mother had cancer, so they were put in a children's home. However, they ran away at ages 11 and 9.

During the war, all metal gates were taken away to be used as supplies.

Ration books continued after the war, as the UK attempted to recover.

She met her best friend in a sweet shop, when they were running low on rations.

Blackout blinds were still on the windows, and during the war all lights had to be turned off from dusk till dawn.

The only pre-made food came in tins. And they sued to place milk by the open fire to melt the ice off. Children used to buy a penny's worth of broken biscuits. They also didn't often have eggs, instead eating powdered eggs.

Most people struggled financially after the war; she doesn't remember anyone she knew who had plenty of money.