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Women’s Timber Corps

2 January 20212 January 2021 Ben Davidson 0 Comments forestry, home front, women, WW2

Formed in 1942, the origins of the WTC go back to the First World War when the Women’s Timber Service

WW2 Food Rations

5 July 202027 July 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments black market, grow your own, rationing, restrictions, WW2

The thing about this list below, is to have a look and compare it with what you eat yourself per

Ministry of Food

30 June 202030 June 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments Britain, food, Lord Woolton, rationing, recipes

In April 1940 Lord Woolton, a prominent businessman, was appointed Minister of Food by Neville Chamberlain, one of a number

Lord Woolton Pie

30 June 202030 June 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments Lord Woolton, meat, rationing, vegetable pie

The recipe involved dicing and cooking potatoes (or parsnips), cauliflower, carrots and possibly turnip. Other vegetables were added where available.

Snook (Snoek)

30 June 202030 June 2020 Ben Davidson 0 Comments food, rationing, snook, tinned

In World War II when everything was scarce, food rationing was used by the whole British population and cheap sources