I remember during the war, and after for a while, Everyone had ration books, cues could stretched a mile, In the village it was not too bad, as contraband it moved, Under the policeman's nose, the law they disapproved. Fire was always a major hazard...
If the oven door was slightly open we found out that the cat even slept in the oven . But she soon found out that that was not a good place to be. The kitchen range was the main source of heat for the whole house and it also had a back boiler to heat...