Llanidloes National School 18
Whinberrying in wartime, 1941
A couple of interesting and unusual entries from the time of the Second World War are shown here. These extracts from the School Log Books show local enterprise in action at times of food rationing, and also reveal price inflation between 1941 and 1942 !
National School
Log Book
"The attendance for the week ending today is only 70.1%. A large number of children, in some cases, whole families, go whinberrying to Tylwch, three and a half miles away. It seems that dealers, on the spot, buy all whinberries at 1/3 [one shilling and three pence] per pound".
County Archives
M/E/PS/34/L/3
One year on, and this entry from 14th July 1942 shows that
the price of whinberries has gone up substantially !
"Several children are absent. There are a few cases of
mumps, but the great majority of the absentees are at Tylwch
where the whinberry harvest has started. Pickers are given 2/-
[2 shillings] per pound for those collected".
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