Clothes Rationing a Bombshell,
"Clothes rationing came as a bombshell to us," writes a London woman to friends in Gisborne. "For *ome time we had been saying that we must getflsome new clothes, but, of course, had not done it, and were beautifully' caught* To begin with, we had to use a page of unused margarine coupons in our present ration books, and a nearby: draper's shop is •Advertising its 'First Margarine Coupon Sale.' We are to have 66 coupons a year and the amount of money you spend on a garment doer; not matter —£5 or ss—but you have to give up a certain number of coupons for it: 14 for a coat, five for shoes, one for two handkerchiefs, 18 for a suit, and so on. Sixty-six will not go very far and I expect to go shabby which will soon be regarded es a mark of patriotism."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 143, 18 August 1941, Page 5
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