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<p>Bananas really were like gold dust in the UK in WW2. A family
story has my father coming home from work (he was drafted, but
worked in London) with a single banana, some time in "the
duration." It will have cost him a bit as it probably "fell off
the back of a truck." I was born May 1942, so cannot have been
more that three at the time. The banana was peeled, then sliced
into four, with a part each for my mother, my father, my brother
and me. When my part was put in my mouth I spat it out. I have
never liked bananas. To their dying days, my parents never allowed
me to forget this, and suggested that there might have been
something symbolic about the event.</p>
<p>Jeremy H</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24.12.2020 09:59, Stuart N. Clarke
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supermarket chain Sainsbury's said that if the
travel restrictions continued there could be some
food shortages, including of salad leaves and
citrus fruit.” (BBC)</span></font></div>
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Are you wanting that banana?</font></span></div>
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love, I’m planning</font> a trifle.</font></span></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">Stuart</font></div>
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