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“DIG FOR VICTORY”

... with the allotments scheme and his attitude to It. At the end the speech Councillor J. Finlay said —“Dig for victory” does not imply what foot you dig with. Alderman M’Court’s speech was follows; “When this allotments scheme was first mooted in the Corporation ...

Published: Wednesday 28 February 1940
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 259 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

DIG FOB VICTORY

... DIG FOB VICTORY With the arrival of the first Axis prisoners on American soil, brand now programme for dealing with prisoners of war is now under wayin the United States. 'Rommel’s crack Afrika Corps are hard at work clearing land for the Denison Dam ...

Published: Tuesday 15 June 1943
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 354 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Improvements

... new gates for the electric lift its four storeys, and the installation of an additional telephone line. Following the “Dig for Victory” appeal by the Government the grounds available for vegetables were fully utilised, and all work was carried out volu ...

Published: Thursday 30 January 1941
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 63 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Lady Gardeners,

... Lady Gardeners, Now that many people are following the official advice to “dig for victory/* it is well to remember that after practical gardening the finger nails are often left a rough and dirty state. To prevent this, take some comomn yellow soap, ...

Published: Saturday 06 December 1941
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 94 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

VICTORY DIGGING

... VICTORY DIGGING. In launching the current Dig for Victory Campaign, the tMinister of Agriculture appealed to women and older children to help or relieve them menfolk working in the garden or on the allotment. The idea cMWreai gardening is by no means ...

Published: Saturday 18 April 1942
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 107 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

* SOLDIER OABDEHEBS

... * SOLDIER OABDEHEBS. NORTHERN IRELAND BATTERY’S ACHIEVEMENT. The Army in Northern Ireland is playing its part in the Dig for Victory campaign. One Tight A. A. battery stationed in Belfast has grown and sold cwts. of potatoes and twenty stones of cabbage ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1940
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 110 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE FLOWER GARDEN

... vegetable plot to the more aesthetic flower garden' can now be permitted without bringing down the frowning eyes of the Dig for Victory campaigners upon the venturing individual. Biennial plants give a grand splash of colour for several months of the year ...

Published: Saturday 09 June 1945
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 121 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DIARY

... effort. In the early dark days of the war, when the submarine was gravely threatening the nation's food supply, the Dig for Victory campaign was launched, and thousands of people who never handled a spade before joined the vast army of food producers ...

Published: Thursday 22 February 1945
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 459 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

NEXT YEAR’S POTATOES

... engaged in “victory digging.” In a majority of districts, women and children have been taking over the work of producing food in gardens and allotments. That is why I giving here some advice about potato cultivation. We are often told that we who “dig for victory” ...

Published: Saturday 03 October 1942
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 173 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

IMPROVEMENTS

... Gates for the Electric Lift in its four storeys: and the installation of an additional telephone line. Following the Dig for Victory ’ appeal by the Government, the grounds available for vegetables were fully utiUsed and all work Was carried out by voluntary ...

Published: Wednesday 29 January 1941
Newspaper: Derry Journal
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 350 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

8.8. C. Light Programme

... 15, Music-Makers B—laor Novell°, 2.45. The Robinson Family. To-day's episode. 3.0, Forces' Educational Broadcast. Dig for Victory. Then and Now, some aspects of the story of farming from the Nalodunic Wars to to-day. 3.20, Interlude. 3.30, Music ...

Published: Tuesday 18 September 1945
Newspaper: Londonderry Sentinel
County: Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 286 | Page: 1 | Tags: none