08-02-2016, 03:22 PM
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Can anyone help? WW2 question
Hoping someone can help with this - I've searched the interweb, and can't find anything.I am currently going through a load of family letters, with a view to publication. They're written to my late mother-in-law, from her brother who was conscripted into the Black Watch in 1942.
In January/February 1945 he hopes his sister and her husband have their car "back on the go now". They were market gardeners, so having transport would have been wonderful.
So my question is this: does anyone know when petrol rationing/restrictions were relaxed for work of this type? I know the civilian petrol ration was set at zero from July '42, but that farmers still had an 'essential user' allowance, normally dyed red. But I can't find out if this would have applied to market gardeners, nor can I discover when the restriction was relaxed post-war (I am aware the ration lifted completely in May 1950).
Keeping my fingers crossed that someone knows! Thank you
08-02-2016, 05:00 PM
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Re: Can anyone help? WW2 question
I have a friend on another site who runs a website about WW2. I bet she would know.I just looked at the members list -she's a member here too but not posted since 1014. I wonder if a PM from here would reach her? - She's 'Maywalk' ...You could try Deb W.
I play scrabble with Maisie (Maywalk) on Facebook so I could message her for you if you like.
08-02-2016, 07:00 PM
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Re: Can anyone help? WW2 question
Originally Posted by carol
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I have a friend on another site who runs a website about WW2. I bet she would know.I just looked at the members list -she's a member here too but not posted since 1014. I wonder if a PM from here would reach her? - She's 'Maywalk' ...You could try Deb W.
I play scrabble with Maisie (Maywalk) on Facebook so I could message her for you if you like.
To Carol
Patsy!! .... 
08-02-2016, 07:55 PM
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Re: Can anyone help? WW2 question
Debs I have an old link about rationing that may be of usehttp://www.1900s.org.uk/1940s50s-pet...ng.htm#toppage
08-02-2016, 07:55 PM
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Re: Can anyone help? WW2 question
Originally Posted by Deb W
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Hoping someone can help with this - I've searched the interweb, and can't find anything.I am currently going through a load of family letters, with a view to publication. They're written to my late mother-in-law, from her brother who was conscripted into the Black Watch in 1942.
In January/February 1945 he hopes his sister and her husband have their car "back on the go now". They were market gardeners, so having transport would have been wonderful.
So my question is this: does anyone know when petrol rationing/restrictions were relaxed for work of this type? I know the civilian petrol ration was set at zero from July '42, but that farmers still had an 'essential user' allowance, normally dyed red. But I can't find out if this would have applied to market gardeners, nor can I discover when the restriction was relaxed post-war (I am aware the ration lifted completely in May 1950).
Keeping my fingers crossed that someone knows! Thank you
In the war if you were commercial then you would be given petrol coupons any one with a private car would not be able to buy petrol...after the end of the war then private car owners were then issued coupons to buy petrol but it was still restricted as were sweets that I could not buy which to me was more important that petrol.
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