R.B.12 (Abr.) / Ministry of Food.

Ration book / Ministry of Food.

Rationing order, 1918 : instructions for the use of the New Ration Card. (N.86) / Ministry of Food.

National ration book (B) / Ministry of Food.

Organic & seasonal, honest & ethical, free & easy Abel & Cole : free delivery straight to your door.

Organic : your everyday choice / Tesco.

Child's ration book (A) / Ministry of Food.

Ministry of Food 1953-1954 ration book.

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Includes amendments to what was allowed in the way of food rations in Britain at that time.

Food Ephemera: Rationing. Box 1

27th supplement to "Our food today, no.3" : "Children and young people" / Ministry of Food, Public Relations Division.

Single sheet of ration coupons - similar in nature to a ration book to prove entitlement to rationed portions of meat, bacon, cooking fats, cheese, sugar and eggs. Printed on yellow paper with a mottled red pattern as of small pieces of thread.

Printed in black type on thin white card, this pass enabled the bearer to buy sugar during the first World War. Issued by the Food Controller (now the Ministry of Food)

Military and naval ephemera. Box 3A

Retailer's sugar ticket / Food Controller.

Card covering the period January to April 1920. "Issued by the retailer on the authority of the Ministry of Food so that he can check how he distributes the rationed food supplied to him for his registered customers". Printed in black on thin white card.

Food Ephemera: Rationing. Box 2

Purchaser's shopping card / Ministry of Food.

Leaflet advertising an organic produce home delivery service organised by Riverford Organic Vegetables of Wash Barn, Buckfastleigh, Devon. The leaflet promotes organic food as being good for people and for the environment, avoiding pesticides and not being genetically modified. Everything they sell is certified by the Soil Association.

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27th supplement to "Our food today, no.3" : "Children and young people" / Ministry of Food, Public Relations Division.

R.B.12 (Abr.) / Ministry of Food.

Retailer's sugar ticket / Food Controller.

Purchaser's shopping card / Ministry of Food.

Smile! : regional organic vegetable box scheme available in your area / Riverford Organic Vegetables.

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27th supplement to "Our food today, no.3" : "Children and young people" / Ministry of Food, Public Relations Division.

R.B.12 (Abr.) / Ministry of Food.

Retailer's sugar ticket / Food Controller.

Purchaser's shopping card / Ministry of Food.

Smile! : regional organic vegetable box scheme available in your area / Riverford Organic Vegetables.

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