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Toffee tin
Unknown, 1850,
Toffee tin
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Item no
21159
Title
Toffee tin
Description
Horner's war time toffee tin. The tin is cream in colour with dark blue text. 'The guarantee of goodness'.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1850
Location
Museum of Edinburgh
Accession number
HH5563/13/92
Life on the Home Front in World War 2 involved many hardships. One of the things that made life difficult for children was the rationing of sweets. Shortages of ingredients and manpower made confectionery scarce, and the Government added it to the list of rationed items in July 1942. Confectionery rationing only ended in February 1953 thats more than a decade of limited sweeties!
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Whose Town? Edinburgh during the Second World War
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