War Rations Collection

Children - Food - 1940s Young Boy standing outside a shop, with a loaf of bread and a toffy carrot instead of a toffy apple which are on ration

The beast with its jaws wide open is the Berlin Zoos hippopotmus taking his daily ration of stale black bread. During the Allied raids on Berlin, the Zoo was badly damaged and this animal

A village without water at Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire. Churns are placed outside each house and are filled with ten gallons of water twice a week from a water cart

Teachers in Jarrow join the war effort by helping the preparation of ration cards. October 1939

Applicants for new ration books and clothing cards at Bath Lane School, Newcastle, to-day. 18th May 1942

A busy scene at the Food Control Office, Newcastle as volunteer workers prepare food ration ration cards 14th October 1939

Littlewoods store in Russia. Shoppers are limited to two garments each to deter black marketeers. 15th January 1992

There is no shortage of meat in Eire. Our picture shows: The village stores in County Wexford with a great display of meat

World War Two - Second World War - The picture shows a persons ration allowance for one week in 1941. 14th May, 1979

World War Two - Second World War - Nine ounces of bread was to be the new post war daily ration allowance after the 21st July, 1946

Post World War Two - Second World War - Ration books were starting to be used for potatoes. The square in " Panel 3" on the back was to be cancelled by the greengrocer

Post World War Two - Second World War - Many thousands of ration books were unclaimed at St Jamess Church Hall, Newcastle, and some of them were being checked off in piles ready for issue

World War One - First World War - The meat card D7 ration card of their Majesties the King and Queen issued during the Great War. ( King George V and Queen Mary ). Picture taken 29/08/1939

Post World War Two - Second World War - People exchange old ration books for new issues at the Ration Book Distribution Centre in St James Congregational Church Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle

Post World War Two - Second World War - A woman collects her meat ration from a butcher. 12th January, 1951

There is no shortage of meat in Eire. Our picture shows: The village stores in County Wexford with a great display of meat

War: Invasion of France June 1944 D. Day in Manchester. This Newspaper seller had to ration the first edition to regular customers only. This one copy was in great demand. June 1944

Wartime food rationing - people queuing up for their shopping - bread rationing. View from outside bakery, showing villagers taking loaves of bread. Hambrook, 25th May 1944

World War Two - Food Ration Book family with typical diet

World War Two Rationing in Britain During the Second World War, (1939-45), there were a lot of shortages of essential foodstuffs, not just luxuries

This pensioner received her ration of coal during the fuel shortage in January 1972

At the N. A. A. F. I. is drummer J Walker, of North Shields
At the N.A.A.F.I. is drummer J Walker, of North Shields, drawing his ration of sweets and chocolate

Moscow. Scene inside the "Gastronom"shop in gorki street
Moscow. Scene inside the " Gastronom" shop in gorki street. A commercial price store, or free market, where the people are able to buy goods over

The Queen watches Officer B. R. J. Hailstone issuing the rum ration. April 1959 P009235
The Queen watches Officer B.R.J. Hailstone issuing the rum ration. April 1959 P009235

Miss Hopkins, of the Ministry of Food, Greycoats Street, Westminster. Seen here with a ration book. October 1953 D6052

Englands Woodland Play School. Fifty children, aged from 2 to 5 years of age, are now attending a nursery school in the Surrey Woods where they work, play and sleep, entirely in the open air

People queuing up outside a confectioney shop after sweets came off the ration following World War Two December 1952 D644

Coal gatherers on the beach at Hendon, Sunderland run for it as the big breakers roll up the beach. The prevailing gales are casting up coal on the beaches which is eagerly sought after by

Dog Owners queue with ther pets at the local butcher for dog food which is on ration. March 1943. P012678

Clothes Ration Birmingha: Women window shopping in. July 1946 P010058

"This is Charlie"- The Gibbon with his ration of grapes. October 1948 P4163
" This is Charlie" - The Gibbon with his ration of grapes. October 1948 P4163

World War Two - Second World War - Voluntary workers prepare ration cards at the Food Control Office in Newcastle. 14th October, 1939

World War Two - Second World War - Teachers from Jarrow joined in the war effort by helping to prepare ration cards at Jarrow Town Hall. 11th October, 1939

Post World War Two - Second World War - Rationing - People seeking soap rations who could not get their monthly ration (4oz hard)

World War Two - Second World War - Ministry of Food Ration Book 1945-46. Circa: 1945

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"War Rations: A Glimpse into Life on the Home Front" The beast with its jaws wide open is the Berlin Zoo, where even the animals feel the pinch of war rations. In a village without water at Ruyton-XI-Towns, Shropshire, churns are placed outside each home to collect meager rations. Teachers in Jarrow join the war effort by helping with the preparation of ration cards, ensuring fair distribution of limited resources. Applicants for new ration books and clothing cards gather at Bath Lane School in Newcastle today, as they brace themselves for a life governed by scarcity. A busy scene unfolds at the Food Control Office in Newcastle as volunteer workers diligently prepare food parcels within strict ration limits. Littlewoods store in Russia enforces restrictions on shoppers, limiting them to only two garments each to deter black market activities during wartime shortages. There is no shortage of meat in Eire; our picture shows an abundance that contrasts starkly with other war-ravaged nations' rationing struggles. This World War Two-era picture reveals one person's daily ration allowance - a poignant reminder of how little was available during those trying times. Nine ounces of bread becomes the new post-war norm as depicted in this Second World War image - a testament to enduring austerity measures after conflict ends. Post-World War Two sees an increasing reliance on ration books for essential supplies; their usage becomes more widespread across communities rebuilding from devastation. Many thousands of unclaimed ration books serve as a haunting reminder that not everyone survived or returned home after World War Two's hardships and sacrifices.