Were fish and chips really not rationed in the UK?

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Re: Were fish and chips really not rationed in the UK?

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Post by LWD » 11 Mar 2014, 21:48

Interesting. Considering dad was with the Soil Conservation Service at the time it must not have been widely publicised or we would have done a more thorough job of harvesting every few years. We lived in a county that was primarily timber and agriculture although there weren't many (any) of the nightshade plants that I recall being grown locally.

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Re: Were fish and chips really not rationed in the UK?

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Post by phylo_roadking » 11 Mar 2014, 22:50

Well, to be fair, the SCS was doing a related but completely different job; sometimes there can be remarkably little crossover between areas of responsibility that we would think were natural bed-partners (so to speak!) The SCS was/is verging more on what we call today agroecology/soil agronomy, than plant agronomy.
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Re: Were fish and chips really not rationed in the UK?

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Post by Clive Mortimore » 13 Mar 2014, 21:55

LWD wrote:
Interesting how the production rose though. Thinking about it I can understand why.
Hi LWD

In 1939 Britain was a massive food importer. The U boat siege was a threat that could easily have caused Britain to be close to starving. There was a drive during WW2 to turn as much unused land into land for food production and to improve yields with an aim to make Britain self-sufficient. This was nearly achieved in the mid 50's but by then we started to import food again as it was cheaper from abroad.

Careful rationing and the "Dig for Victory" campaign helped in keeping Britons fed.

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