Life of civilians during world war 2
Life for civilians during WWII
Rationing
There was a revolution, social revolution caused by the war which is changed buying habits and therefore the living habits; this had an impact on the British civilians as much as a bomb changed their town.
Great Britain imported two thirds of the food it ate and it ate pretty well
An example is Miss. Builder, an average British housewife; used to fill her market basket with her choice foods brought from all over the world she bought as much, she as anything she could afford; but on that old system the British civilians wouldn’t never have survived the war so they cut down their food imports by a half, they rationed all basic food except bread and vegetables.
A family’s basic rations don’t amount as much, but they are sure of getting them every week: two pounds of sugar, half a pound each week for every one, half a pound of tea, two ounces each, half a pound butter, half a pound lard and a pound of margarine, two pounds of fats for the family, three ounces of cheese for each person, for cheese is an excellent meat substitute of the brand eggs from the united states; and finally a full pound of bacon
Caned goods were popular. Spaghetti breakfast and that sort of thing weren’t unusual. Workers would be rationed more tea and cantinas were rationed more food.
Evacuation
Obviously it was thought that many lives would be taken by the German army, as soon as war broke out on 3 September, 1939. Children were evacuated to the countryside, along with the mothers of the children below school age. Altogether, 827 000 schoolchildren with 103 000 teachers and helpers left the big cities. Despite having taken these precautions, most of these people came back soon. The bombing raids that were so expected by the British Government did not begin until the summer of 1940…When most of the “evacuees” had returned home.
Blackouts
Teenagers and children found the “Blackouts” the hardest to bear. Two days before war started, Britain was
Rationing
There was a revolution, social revolution caused by the war which is changed buying habits and therefore the living habits; this had an impact on the British civilians as much as a bomb changed their town.
Great Britain imported two thirds of the food it ate and it ate pretty well
An example is Miss. Builder, an average British housewife; used to fill her market basket with her choice foods brought from all over the world she bought as much, she as anything she could afford; but on that old system the British civilians wouldn’t never have survived the war so they cut down their food imports by a half, they rationed all basic food except bread and vegetables.
A family’s basic rations don’t amount as much, but they are sure of getting them every week: two pounds of sugar, half a pound each week for every one, half a pound of tea, two ounces each, half a pound butter, half a pound lard and a pound of margarine, two pounds of fats for the family, three ounces of cheese for each person, for cheese is an excellent meat substitute of the brand eggs from the united states; and finally a full pound of bacon
Caned goods were popular. Spaghetti breakfast and that sort of thing weren’t unusual. Workers would be rationed more tea and cantinas were rationed more food.
Evacuation
Obviously it was thought that many lives would be taken by the German army, as soon as war broke out on 3 September, 1939. Children were evacuated to the countryside, along with the mothers of the children below school age. Altogether, 827 000 schoolchildren with 103 000 teachers and helpers left the big cities. Despite having taken these precautions, most of these people came back soon. The bombing raids that were so expected by the British Government did not begin until the summer of 1940…When most of the “evacuees” had returned home.
Blackouts
Teenagers and children found the “Blackouts” the hardest to bear. Two days before war started, Britain was