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THEATRES OF WARTIME LONDON

... and that 's Betty Warren, however bogus they are, Mr. Braithwaite insisted. Act I. finished on a good tune, Dig, Dig, Dig, Dig Dig for Victory with the chorus, with spades and green baize aprons, bouncing ...

Published: Wednesday 19 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 998 | Page: 14 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: Going Places

... tunity of buying stocks of* Spanish and Egyptian onions when they were cheap. Well, here is another chance for you to dig for victory and to make two onions grow where one grew before. The thought depresses me but it 's a free country Turning Night into ...

Published: Wednesday 13 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2273 | Page: 5 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: New London

... yourself. In fact, you can have two, because you can have my pound, as I am allergic to this re pulsive vegetable. If you dig for victory, you can have another pound or two and then I hope you will have the decency to go into quarantine. Scotland's Do y°u ...

Published: Wednesday 25 August 1943
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2290 | Page: 4 | Tags: Illustrations 

Please forward overseas

... rubbish carefully in a newspaper and put it in my bed, and then took my hot- water bottle to the boiler fire. I have been digging for Victory and Lumbago again. Lady B. says I am the only person she has ever seen actually gardening with a hot-water bottle strapped ...

Published: Wednesday 12 June 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 980 | Page: 6 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: The Paths of Glory

... observe if' if always catches you out. It seemed obvious common sense to maintain the supply of fresh vegetables by digging for victory. But it turns out that the spade-work has been almost too enthusiastic, or, at all events, has not been wisely enough ...

Published: Wednesday 08 January 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2383 | Page: 5 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: Are You a Scoundrel?

... _ Subscribing to the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund nt 1 No, I have other causes to support. Another big round nought. Digging for victory No space for vegetables. Nil. Knitting for one of the Ser vices Can't knit. Zero. Slaying in your shelter during an ...

Published: Wednesday 16 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2195 | Page: 5 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: Blowing Hot and Cold

... Of Seven Dials. In my opinion, these housewives, whose deserts I do not question, have discovered the true secret of digging for victory. If the Ministry of Agriculture cares to take over my inconsiderable allotment for model or demonstration purposes, ...

Published: Wednesday 30 July 1941
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2296 | Page: 3 | Tags: Illustrations 

MOTLEY NOTES: The Merry-go-round

... knitting for the troops in odd moments. Patching up and making do, because no repairs are possible. The Savings Group, digging for victory in the garden, Red Cross, and perhaps many other committees, good works and war by-products. In the evening, the children's ...

Published: Wednesday 16 December 1942
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2525 | Page: 4 | Tags: Illustrations