[ 5 ] Rationing, Shortages, Making-do and Mending

^* A familiar name often given to purpose-built tenement blocks.

^* The crispy bits of cooked batter that fall from the fish while it’s being fried and are then scooped from the hot fat to be enjoyed with salt and vinegar – preferably from the pickled onion jar.

^† A market that was a short walk away.

^* Root vegetables.

^* It was the mid-1950s before I bathed in a ‘proper’ bath.

^* East End street market selling animals.

^* Navy jargon for the clothing store.