Thur Dec 4 9. p.m. [1941]
# LIBYA CAMPAIGN FALTERS
# CONSCRIPTION EXTENDED TO WOMEN & OLDER MEN
# RON (RAF) HOME FOR DAY
# ‘PINK POINTS’ RATION FOR ‘SPAM’ ETC.
Rationing of basic foods by cost (meat) or weight had been in place since January 1940. Points using pink cards were introduced on 1st December 1941, initially for the purchase of certain canned foods, mostly imported.
The hot water cistern was in Ron’s small bedroom.
Jeff Pearson was Ron’s friend in the RAF unit at Binbrook.
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