Ah! 1947. give or take a year or so.
The lino was fake, kinda like roofing felt with a painted pattern on it. We had polished wood floors in our bedroom and we'd tie dusters on our feet and skate around the floor when we had to polish it.
The floor was crooked 'cos the row house next door didn't exist any more, it got bombed.
Aunts and Uncles used to give us kids their sweet ration. Which we called 'sweet coupons'. I think it was about 4oz a week. We spent hours in the sweet shop making our choices.
Us kids would go and do the shopping. Mum would make a list and we'd take a bus to the store and stand in the queue (wait in line). You queued for everything.
Utility furniture.
Whale meat.
Pom - dried mashed potato - awful stuff.
Dried Eggs. - just about edible.
Kids could buy cigarettes. We used to go into the village and buy 5 Woodbines for the German prisoners at the local prison camp.
The Prisoners used to work on the farm and they'd get paid in beer.
Land Girls.
Sugar, biscuits, and butter were all weighed out at the store while you waited.