Food and shops

This section was a spin off from the Clued Up project - it took up a full session on its own.
The questions were; What did you eat, where did you shop, did you have sweets?
There were no supermarkets - corner shops and grocers stores along with the market were the main shopping places. People made their own bread, cooked fresh vegetables - whatever was in season either allotment or local farm grown. During the war there was rationing, when asked what happened if you ran out of something, the answer was simple - you either went without or swapped / borrowed from a neighbour. One young person asked if it made a difference if you were rich, he was told that no difference was there, everyone got the same amount of vouchers, wealthier people could sometimes get extras from the Black Market (which was explained to the group) Sweets were a special treat, bought loose from the grocers shop, they were purchased by the 'farthing' or 'hapenny' and served in a paper bag. * the young people have asked if we can make a money transletor - old pennies to new pence and any memories of prices from older times to compare with todays prices.
There were no take away food places or fast food places (chip shops were around though) the young people could not comprehend life without MacDonalds or Pizzas, - this again will be explored further in the future.