Personal Collection - Rationing and Shortages

 

Item

Date

Title/Description

Image

0016

1939

General Ration Book R.B.1; No. AA 702129.

 

0017

1939

General Ration Book R.B.1; No. AC 889873.

 

0018

 

General Ration Book R.B.1; No. KJ 136067 -REPRODUCTION

 

0194

1940

General Ration Book R.B.1; No. LB 472840.

 

0036

1940

Leave or Duty Ration Card R.B.8; No. ZN 868298.

 

0019

1941

General Ration Book R.B.1/4; No. NU 190993.

 

0020

1941

General Ration Book R.B.1/4; No. NU 190994.

 

0021

1941

Ration Book Supplement R.B.9.

 

0161

1941

Ration Book Supplement R.B.9.

 

0022

1941

Ration Book Supplement R.B.9. FACSIMILE published in 1993

 

0162

1941

Ration Book Supplement R.B.9. FACSIMILE published in 1993

 

0023

 

Points Coupon Book R.B.19.

 

0024

1942

General Ration Book R.B.1/5; No. QT 421118.

 

0025

1942

General Ration Book R.B.1/5; No. RA 459638.

 

0026

1942

General Ration Book R.B.1/5; No. RA 865877.

 

0037

1942

Leave or Duty Ration Card R.B.8; No. RB 760453.

 

0069

1943

General Ration Book R.B.1/6; No. AA 894577.

 

0206

1944-45

General Ration Book R.B.1/7; No. DC 689058.

 

0207

1944-45

Junior Ration Book R.B.4/7; No. EN 452166.

 

0208

1945-46

General Ration Book R.B.1/8; No. M 666235.

0280

1946-47

General Ration Book R.B.1/9;No. U 020003

0163

1947-48

General Ration Book R.B.1/10; No. K 074592.

 

0200

1947-48

Junior Ration Book R.B.4/10; No. JK 403373.

 

0164

1948-49

General Ration Book R.B.1/11; No. AL 693781.

 

0027

1949-50

General Ration Book R.B.1/12; No. BK 032214.

 

0028

1949-50

Child Ration Book R.B.2/12; No. CD 856764.

 

0068

1950-51

Junior Ration Book R.B.4/13; No. JH 503843.

 

0201

1951-52

General Ration Book R.B.1/14; No. BA 557385. Stapled in cover "Rooksby's, Rye Lane, SE15"

 

0029

1951-52

General Ration Book R.B.1/14; No. BQ 323237.

 

0030

1952-53

General Ration Book R.B.1/15; No. BY 105877.

 

0031

1953-54

General Ration Book R.B.1/16; No. AN 560947.

 

0032

1953-54

General Ration Book R.B.1/16; No. BN 333982.

 

0033

1953-54

General Ration Book R.B.1/16; No. BN 333983.

 

0034

1953-54

General Ration Book R.B.1/16; No. BN 449424.

 

0511

1953-54

General Ration Book R.B.1/16; No. BU 103486.

 

0512

1953-54

General Ration Book R.B.1/16; No. BU 103487.

 

0035

1953-54

General Ration Book R.B.1/16; No. BV 000729.

 

0193

1953-54

General Ration Book R.B.1/16; No. BW 176318.

 

0373

1954-55

Welfare Foods Service Entitlement Book, WFB 1; No. A 501500.

 

0374

1955

Welfare Foods Service Vitamin Token Book (Child); FW 16; No. VC/8 928985.

 

0038

 

R.G.M. 28A Fats Coupons Envelope

 

0165

 

Ration Book Holder: 'Viota Foods' giveaway

 

0166

 

Ration Book Holder: 'Viota Foods' giveaway

 

0195

 

Ration Book Holder: Advertising local traders Westcliff-on-Sea/Southend

 

0197

 

Ration Book Holder: leather on cloth

 

0198

 

Ration Book Holder: hide

 

 

CLOTHING RATIONING

Item

Date

Title/Description

Image

0039

1942-43

Clothing Book; No. EC 868052.

 

0040

1942-43

Clothing Book; No. FF 950182.

 

0041

1943-44

Clothing Book General CB1/6; No. AC 133449.

 

0042

1944-45

Clothing Book General CB1/7; No. CB 377340.

 

0043

1944-45

Clothing Book General CB1/7; No. DB 737755.

 

0375

1945-46

Clothing Book General CB1/8; No. K 840633.

 

0044

1945-46

Clothing Book General CB1/8; No. P 091403.

 

0045

1946-47

Clothing Book General CB1/9; No. M 465457.

 

0167

1946-47

Clothing Book General CB1/9; No. T 010225.

 

0168

 

Supplementary Clothing Book SC/V/2; No. AB 853937.

 

0046

1946-47

Clothing Book Junior CB4/9; No. JB 085881.

 

0199

1946-47

Clothing Book Junior CB4/9; No. JD 131615.

 

0047

1947-48

Clothing Book General CB1/10; No. D 765068 - REPRODUCTION

 

0048

1947-48

Clothing Book General CB1/10; No. E 176778.

 

0049

1947-48

Clothing Book Child CB2/10; No. CD 068253.

 

0281

1947-48

Clothing Book Junior CB4/10; No. JG 739371.

 

0509

1947-48

Clothing Book Junior CB4/10; No. JH 425082.

 

0510

 

Supplementary Clothing Coupon Sheet SC2b.

 

0050

1949-50

Clothing Book General CB1/12; No. 33- 090903. Not Issued

 

0250

1948

Services Clothing Book N1.F "RN Hospital, Chatham"

 

 

RATIONING relating to Motor Vehicles

Item

Date

Title/Description

Image

0270

1942

Control of Rubber Tyres (No. 4) Order, 1942 - Tyre application Form, T.F.A.I.

 

RATIONING relating to Motor Vehicles
All believed to be post-war.

Item

Date

Title/Description

Image

0301

1947

Motor Fuel Ration Book; for the six months September 1947 to February 1948, Private motor Car 10-13 H.P.; No. MV348967. Portion of cover detached.

 

0051

1948

Motor Fuel Ration Book; Private Motor Car 14-19 H.P. (1601-2400 c.c); No. NW 13040. Cover only.

 

0302

1950

Motor Fuel Ration Book;; March-May 1950; No. MZ601912. No cover.

 

0303

1950

Motor Fuel Standard Ration Book, Rationing Period June to November 1950, Motor Car 10-13 H.P.; No. MA699135. Portion of cover detached.

 

0376

1957

Motor Fuel Ration Book; Motor Car not exceeding 1100 c.c.; No. LG 151361.

 

0304

1957

Motor Fuel Ration Book; Motor Car 1101-1500 c.c.; No. MG 414122. Portion of cover detached.

 

0070

1957

Motor Fuel Ration Book; M/C 1501-2200 c.c.; No. NG 457464. Portion of cover detached.

 

0052

 

Motor Fuel Ration Book; M/C not exceeding 250 c.c.; No. JA 323518. Portion of cover detached.

 

0053

 

Motor Fuel Ration Book; No. KG 188111. No cover.

 

0054

 

Motor Fuel Ration Book; No. KG 466651. No cover.

 

0169

 

Motor Fuel Ration Book; Motor Car not exceeding 1100 c.c.; No. LH6 862061. Not used.

 

0055

 

Motor Fuel Ration Book; Motor Car not exceeding 1100 c.c.; No. LH7 822617. Not used.

 

0071

 

Motor Fuel Ration Book; Motor Car 1101-1500 c.c.; No. MH 6261409. Not used.

 

0170

 

Motor Fuel Ration Book; Motor Car 1101-1500 c.c.; No. MH 1014167. Not used.

 

0172

 

Motor Fuel Ration Book; Motor Car 1501-2200 c.c.; No. NH 2387701. Not used.

 

0171

 

Motor Fuel Ration Book; Motor Car 2201c.c. and over; No. OJ 0729507. Not used.

 

 

RECIPES & ADVICE

Item

Publication Date

Description (Publisher)

Contents

Remarks

Image

0377

1944?

Newspaper cutting
Daily Mirror

Ł10 Reward. Colorado Beetle

 

0378

1945

Newspaper cutting
Daily Mirror

Here's to the perfect pancake

 

0379

 

Newspaper cutting
Sunday Times

War-time Recipes. Mutton sausages, preserving food, vegetable curry and dried apples

 

0380

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts. How to make rations for one go further. No. 252.

 

0381

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts. Keeping food fresh in warm weather. No. 261

 

0382

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts No. 1 in a special series. Making the most of ... Sugar. No. 264

 

0383

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts No. 2? in a special series. Making the most of ... Fats. No. 265

 

0384

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts No. 4 in a special series. Making the most of ... Cheese. No. 267

 

0385

1945?

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts No. 5 in a special series. Making the most of ... Fish. No. 268

 

0386

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts No. 6 in a special series. Making the most of ... Meat. No. 269

 

0387

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts No. 7 in a special series. Another way of making the most of ... Meat. No. 270

 

0388

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts. 6 Different puddings from one simple recipe. No. 276

 

0389

1945?

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts. Delicious dishes from left over bread. No. 280

 

0390

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts. Preparing for Christmas. No. 281

 

0391

1945?

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts. Festive Touches for Christmas. No. 284

 

0392

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts. New Year Variety Act. No. 286

 

0393

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts. More Variety Dishes for you to try. No. 287

 

0394

1947

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Food Facts. How to Pot roast/Braise. No. 346

 

0395

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Welsh eggs. (Dried egg recipe)

 

0396

 

Newspaper cutting
Issued by the Ministry of Food

Newspaper cutting. Lashings of custard! Made...with dried eggs

 

0397

 

Newspaper cutting

Advertisement for McDougall's self-raising flour with Egg and Bacon Pie recipe

 

0147

1942

Nicholson & Watson

The Kitchen Front, 122 Wartime Recipes

 

0279

1944

Faber and Faber Ltd

Food Without Fuss by Josephine Terry

 

 

0148

 

The Literary Press

Elizabeth Craig; Cooking in War-Time

 

 

0277

 

The Stork Margarine Company

The Stork Wartime Cookery Book by Susan Croft:

 

 

0298

 

Instruction/recipe leaflet

How to use Canada 'Farm-Fresh' pure dried whole eggs..

Instruction/recipe leaflet from a 5oz. package of dried eggs

0299

 

Leaflet

'Popular Pom' Recipes. M.P.P. (Products) Ltd.

Leaflet

0300

 

 

Yorkshire pudding recipe

Handwritten recipe on back of sheet removed from a calendar for Tuesday, 18th January, 1944

0149

1943

HMSO

Make Do and Mend

 

 

FOOD PACKAGING

Item

Description

Remarks

Image

0352

Ministry of Food
National Dried Milk
7 pint tin

 

0353

Ministry of Food
National Dried Partly Skimmed Milk
7 pint tin

 

0354

KLIM Powdered Whole Milk - 1lb. tin

 

Personal Collection - Contents

New images added 30th November 2002
Copyright © 2002 Peter N. Risbey.