Mary had a little lamb,
But her sister came to grief.
She lived in 1951
And only got corned beef
Links
MEAT RATION (REDUCTION) (Hansard, 26 January 1951)
Meat Ration (Hansard, 16 April 1951)
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Housewifes beef
While I am on the subject of post war austerity, here is another little ditty from Arnold Silcock dating from the time Labour reduced the meat ration in February 1951 & housewives demonstrated outside the House of Commons.
Mary had a little lamb,
But her sister came to grief.
She lived in 1951
And only got corned beef
Links
MEAT RATION (REDUCTION) (Hansard, 26 January 1951)
Meat Ration (Hansard, 16 April 1951)
Mary had a little lamb,
But her sister came to grief.
She lived in 1951
And only got corned beef
Links
MEAT RATION (REDUCTION) (Hansard, 26 January 1951)
Meat Ration (Hansard, 16 April 1951)
