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During the evacuations of WW2 children would often have their food wrapped in the same wrapping as their other belongings, due to the shortage of materials during the war. This would mean that whatever food the children were even able to bring would often be wrapped in paper, or similar materials
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DevinThey had to take a packed lunch with them mainly containing Sandwiches,apple,barley sugar and biscuits,
When they stayed at a house after being evacuated they ate mainly what they had eaten at home. But it depended if the Family were wealthy or a bit poor. of course food was rationed so there wasn't any sweets and not much fruit either.
In Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the US the children had in their lunch pail or box whatever their parents could get under the rationing program or from farmers. They had a very strict bread/flour rationing even for the children. So they did not have a sandwich everyday. They had whatever fruit, bread, meat, snack, cheese, or hard boiled egg their parents could get from day to day. The farm kids had it better because they could grow their own food, raise livestock and buy things on the rationing program too. The kids were provided with more on their rationing cards because the Ministry of Health and Department of (oh now I forgot what it was called in the US, won't come to my mind) determined kids had to have enough of dairy, meat, vegetables, fruit and grain products to grow properly and to learn in school. They also realized the kids did have to take food with them for school. (I heard from my Aunt that they did come up with the school lunch program around that time but not all schools had them. This was in the United States. The program expanded and became the norm in later decades. She said the food was awful and she took food to school instead.)
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What did evacuee children eat in World War 2?
Mostly the same as the rest of the population. Food was rationed and children had their own ration books. Some evacuee children were in the countryside and were able to have things like fresh eggs and vegetables that may not have been available to other people.
Was magaret thatcher a World War 2 evacuee?
yes, Margaret thatcher was a evacuee
Why were evacuated children not returned home as soon as the second world war ended?
unfortunatly after the war (as you are aware) there were a lot of deaths. many of whom would have been of the parents of the evacuated. also with so many burnt and demolished buildigs, fires and ash not only would this have been a horrific sight for the young children, but they would have no where to live and so they where better off living as an evacuee, than and orphaned homeless child. hope this helped :)
In World War 2 women encouraged to have children?
Yes. More children = More Soldiers
Was it right for children to be evacuated in World War 2?
Yes, it was right for children to be evacuated for their own saftey.
