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Clothes rationing book belonging to L. Awdry, with a coupon for knitting wool that has been redeemed at the WVS Centre in Clapham. All clothing was rationed on a points system from June 1941 and often just buying a coat would use up your year's allowance. This forced many people to 'make do and mend' and a campaign encouraged the wearing of old clothes.From a series of albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, assorted ephemera and a diary, kept by Mrs Lucy Awdry of 14 Franconia Road, Clapham, for the duration of World War II and recording wartime life in London. During the war Mrs Awdry volunteered with the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) assisting with fire watch duties and also at the Clapham War Savings Centre. Included in the Lambeth Archives Home Front project 2005.

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Collection:	Home Front Project 2005
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Ref:	06701
Identifier:	IV 169 Vol 12
Date:	1943

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