London Housewife 1946. Potatoes are usually plentiful: just along the road from, the grocer's Mrs (Jill gets 71b. of potatoes from her greengrocer, Mr Ferraro, "No fruit of any kind" says the card (all. cards say "No") which is what Mrs Gill expected. Oranges new come in every few months; babies can get a pound on their green ration books and what's- left over goes to the grown-ups, The first- shipload of bananas (half a pound for under-eighteens) has just reached London. July 12, 1950. (Photo