article_snippet: The family said there were highs and lows to each decade with particularly dismal offerings including the 'national loaf' that was rationed out to families after World War II.
article_snippet: Here, we take a through-the-decades look at what the Bradshaws experienced.
article_snippet: Easily the starkest decade for dining in the last sixty years, the fall-out from World War II meant that families were still using ration books for almost half of the 1950s.
article_snippet: The decade did get better though and the Sixties loomed...with the promise of the first ready-meal.
article_snippet: On every level, the 1960s were about liberation.