"Offal" and Shopping

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I remember seeing a notice in the butchers window saying “sorry no offal”. Many years later I asked my mother what it meant and she explained that meat was on ration but not offal i.e. kidneys and liver etc, therefore queue’s and requests for offal were frequent. I also remember my mother buying men’s shaving soap stick instead of soap.

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