This is my father's dog-eared ID that he had to show every time he entered
and left the docks which was his place of work.
It shows the different addresses as well as the dates on it where he had moved to during
the war years and after.
The last date stamped in it was the 27th of March 1947. We moved back to London on my
father's 47th birthday which was on the 25th March 1947 and it was re-registered two days
after.
He was exempt from being called up because he had his leg broken in two places
while playing a Cup match for Clacton Orient (later named Leyton Orient)in 1923. He was at
one time semi professional, and, although he went to work all week on the docks, he trained at
nights and weekends. He told me that he got 8 guineas for the match that he had his leg
broken in!
Could you imagine a footballer today playing for that????????
This is the inside of a ration book that we still had to use right up
until 1954.
No wonder there were no obese folk about in those years. Heart disease was not rife like
it is now. Perhaps there was something to be learnt from the rationing of the war years
because folk seemed far healthier.
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