These and ration books were obtained from the labour exchange beside Sam Harding’s Cafe where Westerham Garage now stands. Don Adams “…you couldn’t go out without your identity card, I’d be stopped three times between Westerham and Crockham Hill where I worked on the farm. It just built and built, there were tanks all the way ...
Reference: WH0715
Rationing began on January 8 1940, with the first items of food being bacon, ham, sugar and butter. In March 1940, meat was rationed, and by July that year, tea, margarine, cooking fat and cheese had also been included. March 1941 saw jam, marmalade, treacle and syrup rationed and in June of that year, distribution ...
Reference: WH0737