Two Ounces of Butter.

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I remember about the rationing; there was two ounces of butter! You were alright if there wasn’t a lot in the family. Fat was very, very scarce, there wasn’t anything in the fat line, there was powdered milk too. It was a terrible time to live in. I remember going down early and standing in the Maypole for whatever they were selling at the time. The word just went around all of us for such a shop and we hoped to get something. I think people would rather forget those awful times in case they came back again. People are too brave now to stand anything like that. I

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