17 Mar 1944, R. E. Jones Wartime diary
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Submitted by Admin on Wed, 2014-03-05 23:47
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Fri, 17 Mar 1944
Heavy low clouds & rain. Warmer.
Ground bread rice & carried food.
No news no rumours.
Choir practice 6.30pm.
“A Bill of Divorcement” at St Stephen’s.
Some letters arrived from Canadian repatriates.
Kids–3 8ozs. 5-9 10ozs. General 13oz. Light Labour 17oz. H.L. 20ozs. ((These look like rations, graded according to the size / workload of the recipient. Does anyone know what was being measured? eg is it the total weight of food per day, or ...?
Barbara Anslow thinks they're "the number of ounces of rice and or food given".))
