#23 Smiling women queueing for bananas in Bethnal Green, East London, 1946.

#23 Smiling women queueing for bananas in Bethnal Green, East London, 1946.

Rationing in Britain: How Food and Other Supplies Were Controlled and Affected Daily Life from 1939 to 1954

#23 Smiling women queueing for bananas in Bethnal Green, East London, 1946.

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