THE LEND LEASE PROGRAMME - Elizabeth Rothwell of Bolton, Lancashire, sitting on a table drinking from a mug containing orange juice. The orange juice was supplied from America under the Lend Lease Programme from a mug. In the foreground next to her is a bottle of Ministry of Food Concentrated Orange Juice and a wooden pull-along Rothwell was a normally healthy baby at nine months, weighing 17 lbs. 2 ozs. Then her health began to deteriorate and she was losing weight at the rate of 1lb per month. It was decided to try a dietary supplement of concentrated orange juice, sent to Brit
THE LEND LEASE PROGRAMME - Elizabeth Rothwell of Bolton, Lancashire, sitting on a table drinking from a mug containing orange juice. The orange juice was supplied from America under the Lend Lease Programme from a mug. In the foreground next to her is a bottle of Ministry of Food Concentrated Orange Juice and a wooden pull-along Rothwell was a normally healthy baby at nine months, weighing 17 lbs. 2 ozs. Then her health began to deteriorate and she was losing weight at the rate of 1lb per month. It was decided to try a dietary supplement of concentrated orange juice, sent to Britain from America. After a few weeks her health improved and Elizabeth began to take more interest in what was around her. Elizabeth thus became Britain's "Lease-Lend" War Baby, for the concentrated orange juice from America had helped to save this tiny life,
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