I too remember the homework by candlelight and playing card games. It was then that we first made bread, when there was none to be had in the shops. Not much fun when there were 7 kids and 2 parents to feed. I used to have to call into the shops on the way home from school everynight to buy any flour and yeast I could get hold of. We lived in a small village, and there was nothing there. Good job my parents were into veg gardening.
Does anyone remember the firemen's strikes too? I had to walk past the firestation, and mum used to give me a few eggs from the hens sometimes to put in the donations bin.

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