Bygone News - Rationing http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/taxonomy/term/94/0 en Food for Thought http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/food-thought <p>Remember wartime ration books<br />The ingenuity of wartime cooks<br />Nothing allowed to go to waste<br />Porridge becoming a familiar taste</p> <p>Tatties and neeps (stomaches-full)<br />Peas from the kailpot to chew at school<br />Remember tops of eggs being taken<br />For tea – it was no joke<br />Kids then seldom tasted yoke</p> <p>Powdered egg in a tin<br />Less sugar and sweets (more saccharin)<br />Baked rice, raisins, curds an’ whey<br />Custard and rhubarb – desserts of the day<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/food-thought"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> 1939-1945 Poems / Poetry Rationing War Years Anna MacDonald Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:50:26 +0000 lynne.davidson 1182 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Occupied Groningen http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/occupied-groningen <p>It was September 1944, I was a student nurse in Apeldoorn and I had been at home on sick leave as I had TB. The cure was bedrest and good food. We lived in occupied Holland, Groningen, not far from the German border. My father worked there on the railway and he was told by the Underground that we had to leave our house and go underground. We put what belongings we could in an empty room belonging to a neighbour. The rest we just had to leave in our house. Father and Nico, my brother, dressed as workmen and cycled to Makkum, the village where my parents were born, and where we had a lot of relations. Nobody wanted me as I was ill and did not have a ration card.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/occupied-groningen"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> 1939-1945 Childhood Evacuation Railways / Trains Rationing War Years Syta Coleman Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:56:35 +0000 lynne.davidson 741 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk The Palladium Cinema http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/palladium-cinema <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/wellgate.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/wellgate.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>I was born in Perth but moved to Dundee when I was still very young. I lived in Dallfield Walk and went to 'The Rosie' (Rosebank Public School) in Tulloch Crescent.</p> <p>My Dad was a wood turner. Once he made a 'piler' (cart) for my brother. It didn't last long though because he took it out and went flying down Dallfield Walk right under the legs of a horse! When dad found out about it he broke up the 'piler' right away!<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/palladium-cinema"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Alexander Street Dallfield Walk Tulloch Crescent Wellgate 1940's Armed Forces Cinema / Theatre Food and Drink Picnics / Outings Playing / Games Rationing Trams War Years Nancy Downfield Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:19:11 +0000 lynne.davidson 717 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Horsemeat http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/horsemeat <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/wellgate1.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/wellgate1.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>Someone mentioned the butcher shop selling horseflesh at the bottom of the Wellgate. I worked there as a laddie after school and on Saturdays, earning £1 a week. And yes, we sold only horsemeat. If I remember correctly beef was rationed at the time (1950) and the queues outside the shop were quite long on most days. We used to get a big parcel of meat home with us on a Saturday night, steaks, joints, sausages etc.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/horsemeat"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> Wellgate 1950's Rationing Work / Working Life Ian Christie Wellgate Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:34:42 +0000 lynne.davidson 669 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk Evacuated 1939 http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/reminiscences/evacuated-1939 <div class="content clear-block"> <p><span class='wysiwyg_imageupload image imgupl_floating_right imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border'><a href="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/wysiwyg_imageupload_lightbox_preset/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/evacb09-027.png" rel="lightbox[wysiwyg_imageupload_inline]" title=""><img src="http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/wysiwyg_imageupload/9/evacb09-027.png" alt="" title="" class="imagecache wysiwyg_imageupload imgupl_styles_spacing_20_black_border\n\rBlack Border imagecache imagecache-medium" style="" width="230" height="165" /></a> <span class='image_meta'></span></span>Here are some memories of my days during the war when three of my brothers and myself were evacuated in 1939.</p> <p>It was an exciting time for us and many other children. Our mother made it clear that we should be kept together, the children were all happy and excited, we weren't aware how heart broken our Mother was to see us go.<span class="read-more"><a href="/reminiscences/evacuated-1939"><strong>&nbsp;Read more......</strong></a></span></p> </div> Eliza Street Molison Street 1970's Childhood Evacuation Pletties Railways / Trains Rationing Trams War Years Work / Working Life Betty M Maryfield Stobswell Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:55:56 +0000 lynne.davidson 581 at http://bygone.dundeecity.gov.uk