Sweets Off the Ration
Sweets Off the Ration. A newsagent and sweetshop in Newcastle in February 1953. Sweets come off the ration on Thursday the 5th, and the children of the street…
No coupons for sweets. The queue starts at seven.
A newsagent and sweetshop in Newcastle in February 1953. Sweets come off the ration on Thursday the 5th, and the children of the street have never bought a quarter of anything without a coupon. Your wholesaler has promised extra stock, and has promised that before.
- Starts
- February 1953
- Length
- a year
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Scored on
- Reach £60,000 of annual sales
- Business
- Newsagent
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