cheese production was affected for decades afterwards. During rationing, most milk in Britain was used to make one kind of cheese, nicknamed Government Cheddar (not to be confused with the government cheese issued by the US welfare system). This wiped out nearly all other cheese production in the country, and some indigenous varieties of cheese almost disappeared. Later government controls on milk prices through the Milk Marketing Board continued to discourage production of other varieties of cheese until well into the 1980s, and it was only in the mid-1990s (following the effective abolition of the MMB) that the revival of the British cheese industry began in earnest. 1958 Coal rationing ends in July. Suez Crisis 1956–1957 During the Suez Crisis, petrol rationing was briefly reintroduced and ran from 17 December 1956 until 14 May 1957. Advertising of petrol on the recently introduced ITV was banned for a period. Oil crises of 1973 and 1979 Petrol coupons were issued for a short time as preparation for the possibility of petrol rationing during the 1973 oil crisis. The rationing never came about, in large part because increasing North Sea oil production allowed the UK to offset much of the lost imports. By the time of the 1979 energy crisis, the United Kingdom had become a net exporter of oil, so on that occasion the government did not even have to consider petrol rationing. See also British cuisine List of renewable resources produced and traded by the United Kingdom Ration stamp Spiv Utility clothing Utility furniture Woolton pie References Further reading Beckett, Ian F. W. The Home Front 1914–1918: How Britain Survived the Great War (2006). Hammond, R. J. Food and agriculture in Britain, 1939–45: Aspects of wartime control (Food, agriculture, and World War II) (Stanford U.P. 1954); summary of his three volume official history entitled Food (1951–53) Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Ina. Austerity in Britain: Rationing, Controls & Consumption, 1939–1955 (2000) 286 pp. online Zweiniger-Bargielowska, Ina. "Rationing, austerity and the Conservative party recovery after 1945", Historical Journal'' (1994) 37#1 pp. 173–97 in JSTOR External links History in Focus: War – Rationing in Second World War London World War Information about clothes rationing Information about clothes rationing Food politics Public policy in the United Kingdom Austerity in the United Kingdom (1939–1954) United Kingdom home front during World War II