On this day - 26 September
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
End of sugar rationing
Sugar rationing ended in the United Kingdom at midnight on September 26th 1953. It had been rationed since January 8th 1940, with strict limitations of the amount of sugar that could be purchased by each household. Many cases of ration book fraud occurred, with a common strategy being to keep the book of a deceased family member.
Rationing was introduced in the UK in response to the second World War but persisted for many years after the war due to lack of resources for food production or import.
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