Food shortages in the 70's recession

Davesnave

zarazara wrote: »

when I were a lad we ad to mek a shillin stretch a fortneet. we ad boiled shoe leather soup fer dinner every wednesday n ad to stay in bed all saturday whilst cloaths were being washed.

Whoah, you was lucky! We was so poor we didn't 'ave a bed t'stay in...We'd run around nekkid in't fields all night while.........Hang on.....no, I'm wrong....that were t'ut 'Psychedelic Freak Out 'N Love-in.'

Funny how the mind plays tricks...

Mary_Hartnell

farmerboy wrote: »

Why would this be problem nowdays, this country's agriculture can produce enough if we're allowed to. But as everyone wants cheap food its imported.

There could be enough sugar produced from beet, but EU quotas don't allow it. PLC greed is importing cheap milk, and other stuff.

Bring on a shortage, because we might realise just how much we don't produce anymore.

A nation of organic vegans, starving for the price of a bag of oil based fertiliser?

Bring it on.

I don't think so - there are too many people in the world already trying to live on handouts of Common Agricultural Policy surpluses.

Funny how the mind plays tricks...

Flashbacks ? My mind has never forgotten a trip in USA in the 60's:rolleyes:

Mary_Hartnell

woodbine wrote: »

Many of the financial problems were caused by the heath govt in 1973 and his chancellor tony barbers"dash for growth" he allowed money supply to rise by 30% in just one year,fuelling inflation in what were already difficult times

Sounds familiar,

Why are we not hearing about balance of payments and money supply figures in the present crisis.
Is it nobody knows how to measure them anymore.?

Austin_Allegro

I think in many ways we were better off in the 70s as most people had lived through the very bad times of the war and austerity, and many had lived through the Great War and Depression also.

Life in general was not so dependent on petrol and electricity either. People didn't drive everywhere (remember the huge crowds of cyclists coming off shift at factories?) and they didn't need thousands of electronic gizmos to survive.

A packet of Players' Number 6 and a pint of Trophy in a candle-lit pub was enough to keep you happy!

Nowadays, the wispy hair and stripey scarf brigade would have an attack of the vapours if they couldn't recharge their Ipods!

bo_drinker

You are probably right there. I was only young but I remember the blokes on bikes and when they earnt a few quid some may buy a Honda 50/ 90 for work.. Todays kids don't know they are born. (listen to me) Same blokes washed the car and went visiting folks/ inlaws on the weekend, and back on the bike Monday for work. Bubble and squeak for tea on Monday..

julliff

My mum never got over the toilet roll shortages, and to this day, she keeps a mountain stockpiled at home!

sb44

My husband told me that when there was a bread shortage both his mum and step-dad, went to the supermaket and decided to split up in the queue so that they could buy 2 loaves.

However, they didn't count on someone they knew spotting one of them, "How are you Margaret, is Jim not with you today?".

Mortified Jim was hiding behind someone in the queue further along the line, he was petrified that she would see him and everyone would know they were doubling up on the bread.

As if they were the only ones doing that.

:rotfl:

StevieJ

zarazara wrote: »

our whole family used to go down to the little supermarket in Droylesden. then we'd split up, as it was 1 bag of sugar per trolley or basket. we'd all grab a basket ,buy a couple of items and a bag of sugar which was kept behind the till. then we'd repeat the process a few days later. we ended up with loads of bags of sugar. everyone did. my OH gran had big metal boxes with seemimg tonnes of it. she gave it all away to everybody just before she died.

No wonder there was a shortage :eek:

presenthyme

in the 70s,when it was much more common to buy your fruit from the local greengrocer, oranges used to come inividually wrapped in a soft-ish blue tissue paper which was much kinder on the behind than the local evening newspaper when substituted for the unavailable toilet roll.

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A._Badger wrote: »

Heath was a disaster, true. What followed was even worse.

What followed was in many ways caused by heaths govt