Yet with the demand for yarn ten times greater than in peacetime, the price last week was successfully held to eightpence (14) per ounce, up just a penny from the pre-war level.
Minister of Food Lord Woolton had already provided 20 centres for distributing hot meals of beef stew, rice pudding and tea at eightpence each.
He is given six shillings, eightpence-a day, and must live on it.