What a civil society that managed to double food production, come up with a fair system of rationing, and making a large portion of their people healthier, and field a huge army in the field! Amazing!
@MaryJane-qq9mm4 жыл бұрын
My foster Mom Joyce used to tell me stories about rationing during ww2. She grew up in Manchester and the war went on for most of her teen yrs. She moved over to Canada after she married and had a 2children.. I met her when she was 72yrs respectively and I was 13yrs old.. She was very popular for her excellent cooking! One of the sweetest people I ever met! She was a rare gem! I used to love hearing her stories.. Everyone loved Joyce! One of the most selfless people I ever met! ☁️🕊️💜🙏🏽💜🕊️🌤️
@Zooumberg8 жыл бұрын
I've still got my granddads ration book, and his half a crown. Nothing of any value, but treasured nevertheless.
@johnking51746 жыл бұрын
A half crown was a coin in the pre-decimal coinage era in the UK. It was worth two shillings and sixpence.
@rosrychaplet5 жыл бұрын
It's definitely worth a lot to history.
@Luna.3.3.35 жыл бұрын
Value? I would call it priceless! What a wonderful family heirloom to have
@WorgenGrrl5 жыл бұрын
It's worth nostalgia and historical value.
@stevetaylor86984 жыл бұрын
@@johnking5174 I have my great grandfather's guinea, it is passed down to sons on their marriage. My son is next in line. Thankfully, guineas do have a value.
@WakeMeUpInVegas4 жыл бұрын
"strong enough for a mouse to trot on". 😂 Love it.
@fauxmanchu80945 жыл бұрын
It's been said that the rationing in Britain made the British the healthiest they've ever been.
@maroulio20675 жыл бұрын
possibly, buy why did they need to eat lard?
@komaedanagito4real5 жыл бұрын
Maroulio lard is a good fat as long as it’s used in moderation. It’s much better for you then vegetable oil,margarine or crisp. Margarine is one of the worst fat substitutes and I would scream if I was forced to eat it.
@kickpublishing4 жыл бұрын
Because sugar and carbs are the cause of almost all Western diet problems - animal fat and organic veg are the secret health food
@GEOFF09062 жыл бұрын
@@komaedanagito4real My 90 year old Mum tells me that the wartime margarine was practically inedible.
@malcolmdale4 жыл бұрын
I remember this well. I was seven years old the first time I saw a banana. And dreamed of having two eggs for brekafast. My father used to bring home a Mars bar once a week which my brother and I had to share.
@Smokdeel5 жыл бұрын
Similar rationing system we had in Poland that was lifted only 29 July 1989. Imagine! 🖐🏻🤠
@fulopgabriel5390 Жыл бұрын
In Romania the same...
@Luna.3.3.35 жыл бұрын
Obesity, heart disease, diabetes... would likely be wiped down to at least 20 per cent if this kind of diet came back. Too many fast food places. Too many unhealthy packaged convenience foods now As far as clothes, waay too many cheap options now - AND I happen to *Love* the fashions of wartime!
@yvellebradley25025 жыл бұрын
I was reading about the health of the UK during wartime and people most definitely were healthier then. Also, people sat down to drink their coffee and tea in ceramic cups. The cups were small in size, too.
@sapphirecamui64475 жыл бұрын
@@yvellebradley2502 yes, and because they were small, you needed far less sugar in them. well, i personally don't like sugar in my coffee, but i do add it (or honey) sometimes to my tea.
@straightpipediesel5 жыл бұрын
Incorrect. People back then had around 50% more fat and calories than we do today. Under WWII rationing, the adult standard was 3000 calories/day versus today's 2000. People walked everywhere, and there was no desk job where people sat in front of the computer all day. Train driver meant shoveling coal, not sitting on your butt and turning knobs to run a diesel. If you ate like they did with today's middle-class lifestyle, you'd be dead by age 60.
@athena14912 жыл бұрын
@@straightpipediesel I don't see your point, the 2000 calories thing is just an average, in a peasants farm life they would eat 6000 a day on average, so if rationing was introduced again, it would be to scale, not the same. Fuel rationing would mean more walking as well, at least if cities were designed to be walked and not just to be driven through. But nothing you said contradicts the idea that less junk and fast food would be helpful
@suzannesadiiqa9 жыл бұрын
You were not sure of getting your rationed food each week!! Lots of things prevented a completely reliable food supply from transport disruption to bombed shops etc.................ask anyone who was caught up in the Coventry bombings.
@momof2momof25 жыл бұрын
I love these films
@tilasole32522 жыл бұрын
Life was hard for sure, but you spent less on frivolous things and more on things you actually needed or truly wanted. And you appreciated what you had more back then.
@fortysomethingbadgirls21734 жыл бұрын
Might want to broadcast this one in 2020 the way things are going for England, Europe and America!
@stevetaylor86984 жыл бұрын
The British are the fattest people in Europe, it would do us good to have our food rationed. Though not much fun.
@rosrychaplet14 жыл бұрын
PLEASE NOTE NO PLASTIC OR PAPER BAGS. JUST REUSABLE BASKETS!
@franlooving42035 жыл бұрын
and metal bins in her kitchen. I don't see nasty plastic anywhere! I can only see a benefit to plastic in a hospital. I have a strong aversion to plastic: the smell, the taste, the touch... Thanks for your comment and BTW her basket is lovely!
@walterkersting13625 жыл бұрын
Plastic is fantastic
@davidbrown83035 жыл бұрын
@@walterkersting1362 guys can't carry baskets because they would look gay.
@ingrid67525 жыл бұрын
David Brown whereas I completely disagree with your statement, it is funny.
@straightpipediesel5 жыл бұрын
PLEASE NOTE WOMEN DIDN'T HAVE A JOB AFTER MARRIAGE. So they bought one or two days' worth of food at a time. Shopping was their duty. People today go to the store once per week and fill their car trunks to save time. It is difficult to bring that many reusable baskets in one go.
@jessicaprintke49733 жыл бұрын
I liked these days. People understood quality over quantity
@suzannesadiiqa9 жыл бұрын
Ah the good old days when even a train drivers wife sounded so posh...
@jackkruese99294 жыл бұрын
I can imagine a lot of the voices are over dubbed. A common practice back then and still done.
@NachaBeez Жыл бұрын
These are actors…
@lisahope68764 жыл бұрын
Watching this to learn how to save money.
@kerryjames6312 Жыл бұрын
Same loose weight
@rouseg542 жыл бұрын
As a point of interest the 'Dad' was played by the late Moore Marriot who was a co-star in most of Will Hay's films.
@jessicaprintke49733 жыл бұрын
Do you understand the value of appreciation? It's a precious gift. Appreciation is Admired by God. Sometimes things must be taken away to teach appreciation.
@patriciaramsey52943 ай бұрын
"Tea Strong Enough for a Mouse to trot on" 😂
@nirvanapaulpaulunderhill12 жыл бұрын
2 food banks opened in my town recently yes its may 2012 people are hungry shocking the uk
@aaarrrggghhhh5 жыл бұрын
I did a referral for a client to a foodbank last week and the foodbank staff told me that they are sick and tired of people being referred by social services who never even turn up to collect the food. They are being abused.
@cas45542 ай бұрын
There still here more than ever in 2024. Thank you Tories😡
@edwinbentley24694 жыл бұрын
Imagine this lot today having this now !
@berenicemarchese15933 жыл бұрын
watching this today in October 2021 after my grocery ran out of toilet paper and all the meat was limited to 2 items per person...
@ladygreenleaves13 жыл бұрын
Very interesting.
@alexbeedle30745 жыл бұрын
Fairly sure they eat better than I do in university accomodation
@grantaum96775 жыл бұрын
Only one cake a week yo
@HydroSnips Жыл бұрын
:D People here saying “they appreciated what they had” can’t be British, who as we all know will find a way to grumble at anything - as grumble and complain they surely did in 39-45. Shortages, uneven distribution, shopkeepers showing preference for certain customers, how ‘all in it together’ was nonsense (always easier to get more meat, cheese, butter etc in the countryside - even some veg could be hard to find in cities, and the rich never struggled to find extras in everything). Increasingly-tatty clothes always having to be reworn and repaired and no replacements to be found (even if you’d saved the coupons), rations being tightened even more during times of crisis, battered paperbacks being read over and over because no printing etc etc. Londoners unable to find certain vegetables or adequate coal during the harsh winters (one man in 1943 started dreaming about onions so much he longed just for a taste of one) in houses kept secure by tarps for two years because they were in a lengthy queue for repairs. Govt regularly talked about criminality of the black market, but a lesser, grey market existed with shopped coupons, hoarding, exchanges and trades. Most could point to certain crimes (eg siphoning petrol) as “wrong” but there were a lot of vaguer instances, technically illegal but okay as far as public feeling went. The reality is they hated it, they griped about it, they dreamt of times of plenty, they longed for it to be over, they were tired out - they were human. Think of how grudging people were about lockdowns, seeing the necessity but definitely not a fan, oh bloomin’ no. There were blackout cranks just as much as there were 5G conspiracy cranks. Don’t swallow myths of this big happy society that we should emulate or return to, the truth is far more interesting. Every gripe & moan you hear from today existed back then, about queues, about sexism, about pay, about empty shelves, about food, about government control etc etc etc. We’re not so different, these are our relatives and we’re all chips off the old block ;)
@another8125 Жыл бұрын
honestly this was plenty of food, you dont need any more than that a week, all local shops provided this which gave them some business too.
@ohmeowzer15 жыл бұрын
I do like this
@jessicaprintke49733 жыл бұрын
They appreciated the smallest of things
@emte42362 жыл бұрын
That ending killed me! 🤣🍫
@olwens13684 жыл бұрын
Watching in 2020 I found the queue outside the butcher's 'normal' but actual found myself worrying about how close together they were. Amazing how quickly you can be conditioned.
@ginnybowman63233 жыл бұрын
Oh my yes. How clustered up they were was giving me anxiety.
@GreenLarsen5 жыл бұрын
To anyone that want to learn more about the british ratios during ww2, kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2qcZJ-Ge6qql6c is prob the best source on youtube
@kerryjames6312 Жыл бұрын
Can you reinvent clothing by repurposing
@ko29985 жыл бұрын
Margarine? Unhealthy! Mrs. Green better watch her basket on the way home!
@momof2momof25 жыл бұрын
Unhealthy, yes, but during that time they needed fat in their diet, and you use what you have . I'm sure they also used the rendered fat from cooked bacon too :)
@melokc72576 ай бұрын
It said 'the others in the family eat out.' How can they if she's spent all their points? At about 5 min in.
@plauditecives6 жыл бұрын
Quite a bit of whinging in this film, which I find surprising. Perhaps more reflective of the actual times.
@GreenLarsen5 жыл бұрын
@Kit Allow me to direct you to this series on the British Rations (kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2qcZJ-Ge6qql6c), not only were the rations not on a starvation level, but the calorie intake for the averagebrit actually went up during the war compered to pre war. For the rich it was a huge step down, but for the poorer part of the population it was a huge step up. Mortality due to starvation/malnourishment went down during the war.
@walterkersting13625 жыл бұрын
I shall not waste on tooth brushes and tooth paste.- The British
@greenfingersgardener82210 жыл бұрын
people go on about others in the world, NO one gived a shit about me, when i was hungry, years ago... all has long back changed now.... i look after my family and friends only.... if your hungry, GET a job, that's what i got told... you do the same... Sorry if my statement offends you,
@walterkersting13625 жыл бұрын
The main thing is don’t get your family fat; poor people are fat.
@nirvanapaulpaulunderhill12 жыл бұрын
no chavs lol
@stace30375 жыл бұрын
instead they had spivs who sold black market luxuries
@albionjq5 жыл бұрын
not a sign of anyone being Obese or fat , or unhealthy maybe we should adopted rations books once more it would save people from them selfs
@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus4 жыл бұрын
Ignorant statement. What you eat, is only a part of being heavy.
@albionjq4 жыл бұрын
@@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus it is plus exercise, there have been studies to back it up
@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus4 жыл бұрын
@@albionjq But there are other factors other than exercise. There's your metabolism, there's your thyroid, there's whether you have sleep apnea, it goes on and on. Obesity is a horrible problem. But it isn't just because people are overeating. Some things are out of people's control. That's why we have to show a little kindness.
@pqlasmdhryeiw85 жыл бұрын
OK Boomer
@seachelle72225 жыл бұрын
It's an American meme. About generational differences of baby boomers and millenials.
@kickpublishing4 жыл бұрын
@@seachelle7222 Like Millenials would last more than 20 mins into a World War without a complete mental breakdown.
@caroscraftykitchen18064 жыл бұрын
pqlasmdhryeiw8 I really find that offensive - but I know that’s the point of it. Just remember - what goes around comes around - someday someone will speak to you dismissively and rudely as well.
@stargo29314 жыл бұрын
@@caroscraftykitchen1806 Just see it as a compliment. These young whipper snappers can pound sand.😀