Soap Rationing i n Britain
Ihe soap you sent is beautiful and I am torn between wanting to try it and leaving it for a while so Hhi t?, f ° Ver il; - a wh °le dozen tablets, states a letter received by a Rangiora resident from relatives in England. “I needn’t hunt for toilet soap for some time now and Can USe all my ration on washing soap. Women are buying shavingsticks for toilet soap, and now shaving soap is as scarce as anything else, _ the writer adds. The writer describes a food parcel sent as a real tonic” and a “sparkling addition to our diet.” She concludes “I am quite well, but I g et very tired, l tmnk it is a reaction to the bombmg and worry and partly the diet. Nearly everyone suffers from this eavy tii edness, which seems mental and physical, so it must have a general cause.” :
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 37, 14 October 1946, Page 7
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153Soap Rationing in Britain Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 37, 14 October 1946, Page 7
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