NUMBER OF COUPONS REQUIRED FOR CLOTHING
| Mackintosh or
Raincoat |
7 |
Mackintosh or
Raincoat (Lined) |
10 |
| Gentlemans Suit |
8 |
Ladies Dress |
5 |
| Jacket or Blazer |
6 |
Jacket or Blazer (Lined) |
8 |
| Gents Trousers or Womens
Slacks |
6 |
Cardigan, Jumper or Sweater |
5 |
| Girls Gym Tunic |
4 |
Men/Womens Pyjamas |
6 |
| Mens Shirt |
4 |
Underpants or Knickers |
2 |
| Ladies/Gents
Shoes and Boots |
2 |
Socks, Stockings, Ties &
Hankies |
1 |
RATES OF PAY EXPECTED DURING 1940
Compare the pay
of those in the forces with those in factories.
| Soldier, with food
and accommodation |
£0.14s
0d p.w |
| Soldier, who's wife was
working |
£0. 7s 0d
p.w |
| Soldier's wife |
£1. 5s 0d
p.w |
| Factory Trainee (Female) |
£1.18s 0d p.w |
| Factory Trainee (Male) |
£3. 0s 6d
p.w |
| Male Factory Worker |
£7. 0s 0d
p.w |
OUT OF THAT PAY HAD TO COME THESE EXPENSES
The weekly household
expenses (working class family of five) as suggested by the Daily Express
of 31st May 1940
| Rent |
10s 6d |
| Coal |
4s 4d |
| Gas and electricity |
3s 6d |
| Insurance |
4s 8d |
| Clothes |
3s 0d |
| Food |
£1 10s 0d |
| Sundries |
4s 0d |
| TOTAL |
£3 0s
0d |
Source of figures for the
above tables: Stewart Ross "The Home Front" 1990
Cost of other items
in 1940
| Rowntree's Cocoa |
6d 1lb Tin
|
| Chappie Dog Food |
7d Tin
|
| Black Cat cigarettes |
6d pkt 10
|
| Reckitt's Bath Cubes |
2d each
|
| A small bungalow |
£250
|
| 10 hp Vauxhall saloon car |
£169
|
| Drene Shampoo |
6d, 1/-, 2/6d
|
| Maltesers |
2d Pkt, 6d Box
|
| Oxydol soap powder |
6d & 1/- Pkts
|
| Wrigley's PK Chewing Gum |
1d Pkt
|
| Halls Wine |
3/9d ½ bottle
|
| Halls Wine |
6/6d bottle
|
Fare from Glasgow to London
(Bus)
(Scottish Motor Traction
Co Ltd) |
£2 10s 0d Return
|
Source of figures for the
above table: Roy Ripley & Brian Peers North-East Diary 1994 |
