From Blackout Blinds to Ration Books: Childhood Memories

<p dir="ltr">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. </p><p>During the war, all metal gates were taken away to be used as supplies. </p><p>Ration books continued after the war, as the UK attempted to recover. </p><p>She met her best friend in a sweet shop, when they were running low on rations. </p><p>Blackout blinds were still on the windows, and during the war all lights had to be turned off from dusk till dawn. </p><p>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.</p><p>Most people struggled financially after the war; she doesn't remember anyone she knew who had plenty of money.</p>