Second World War Rationing
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Interviewees remember rationing in Wales.
Memories of rationing in the Second World War in Wales with its long queues, swapping of goods and use of the black market.
From:
People's History of Wales On the Home Front: World War Two
First broadcast
:
14 March 1996
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 7-9
Subject : History
Topic : Twentieth century world
Keywords : Second World War, Rationing, Black market
Notes : Can use clip as part of study of the Second World War - looking at rationing and obtaining of goods. Would pupils have used the black market? How would they have felt about rationing? Explore the reasons for the need for rationing in the Second World War and afterwards.
