Living through WW2

[Keith at Tregenna]

Very interesting thanks, wondering if the double rations was the same during WW2
for those that served then and continued into the early fifties or something that came
later. As said asking as interested. Regards, Keith.

[Ivan Cloherty]

From memory, I know someone will correct me, the double food leave ration for MN personnel could be taken as extra clothing coupons, mainly to replace clothes lost at sea, but living as we did in a condemned cottage with no facilities, water/gas/electric/sewage, it always seemed that after dad had been on his infrequent leaves mum was able to go shopping for new blankets which all had the label CC41 on them, as did clothes and furniture, memories keep getting awakened.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Wondering more if my own relatives received double rations
during the war. It would seem something they deserved then,
just wondering.

K.

[j.sabourn]

#9 The defence against an incendiary bomb was a bucket of water and a stirrup pump. Wonder what the answer today would be in our brave new world. JS

[Ivan Cloherty]

#9 The defence against an incendiary bomb was a bucket of water and a stirrup pump. Wonder what the answer today would be in our brave new world. JS

Taking photos on their mobile phones

[j.sabourn]

And calling for the fire brigade. Paragraph 36a , subsection 22 , Chapter 95 , of the fire regulations re the disposal of incendiary bombs. Only after donning regulation protective clothing. Please follow the instructions from the fire dept. by pressing the applicable button as advised. JS

[Fouro]

I remember 'Utility' labels on garments and household products.

Fouro.

[j.sabourn]

Followed later as regards furniture by G plan. What did the G stand for ? Good great gratifying or what ? JS

[Paul Johnson]

Hi All,
Could I say thankyou for all the posts and pictures, the stories are very interesting, as a young sprog of 70 I have not any personal stories to tell. But it did make me remember some of my own family anecdotes; when my Dad came home on leave from the Navy he left a large tin of tobacco, the next time he had leave the tobacco had gone, Mum had rolled the lot up and handed them around to friends, Dad was not too happy! What I do remember were all the bombsites in South London, what a playground; although Mum banned us from going on them as children had been injured from unexploded bombs, we still went though. Being an inquisitive young boy, okay nosey, I asked my Dad why there were new Police flats opposite to our house, in that part of Balham all the housing was terraced, he told me that a bomb had destroyed six houses and all the our windows were smashed in, luckily Mum and my siblings were in the shelter on the Common at the end of the road. Thanks again.
Cheers, Paul.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Followed later as regards furniture by G plan. What did the G stand for ? Good great gratifying or what ? JS

Gomme - E Gomme LTD, High Wycombe, Bucks.’

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