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DIG FOR VICTORY

... DIG FOR VICTORY Successful Meeting At Ilfracombe '' The need is urgent. We must grow more food. If you are prepared to do your share the Ilfracombe Council will not hesitate to do theirs, declared Mr. F. G. Reed, J.P., chairman of Ilfracombe Urban ...

Published: Friday 14 February 1941
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 209 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

DIGGING FOR VICTORY

... DIGGING FOR VICTORY Successful Exhibition At Shaldon Fruits of the dig for victory campaign in the Shaldon district were on view at the Undercliffe Hotel. War-time difficulties were swept aside by the 10/zal Horticultural Society, and their show of produce ...

Published: Friday 08 August 1941
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 198 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ILFRACOMBE AND FOOD

... ILFRACOMBE AND FOOD DIG FOR VICTORY * MOVE The need is urgent. We must grow more food. If you are prepared to do your share the Ilfracombe Council will not hesitate to do theirs, declared Mr. F. G. Reed, J.P., chairman of Ilfracombe Urban Council ...

Published: Friday 14 February 1941
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 209 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

HONITON DIGGING

... HONITON DIGGING Town Setting Example To Larger Towns Many of us are too old to play an active part in the war effort, but we can at least cultivate our gardens in an endeavour to increase the output of home food production. I can't dig, but I'm dashed ...

Published: Friday 14 February 1941
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 342 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HONITON MAYOR'S TENNIS COURTS FOR FOOD-GROWING

... (Mrs. J. M. Phillips), are to be turned this week for the cultivation of vegetables. This marks the beginning of a Dig for Victory drive throughout the district. The work of ploughing up the lawns has been entrusted to Mr. W. J. R. Broad, a member ...

Published: Friday 31 January 1941
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 124 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

WOMEN'S INSTITUTES

... A Devonshire reading and two action songs, Riding Down from Bangor and The Camel's Hump, with allusions to the dig for victory campaign, were gnjoyed. ...

Published: Friday 21 March 1941
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 178 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Potato Blight

... dead before lifting. The precautions to take are described in Growmore Leaflet No. 63, Potato Blight on Farms. and Dig for Victory No. 17. obtainable free from the Ministry of Agriculture, Hotel Lindum, St. Annes, Lancashire. Potato blight also attacks ...

Published: Friday 22 August 1941
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 202 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

COUNTY CRITICISED

... County Council came in for criticism at Barnstaple Rural Council meeting on Friday during a discussion on the coming dig for victory campaign with a particular appeal to women and older children. Mr. W. Thomas said there was land adjoining the school ...

Published: Friday 31 October 1941
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 195 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

COUNTY CRITICISED

... County Council came in for criticism at Barnstaple Rural Council meeting on Friday during a discussion on the coming dig for victory campaign with a particular appeal to women and older children. Mr. W. Thomas said there was land adjoining the school ...

Published: Friday 31 October 1941
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 198 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

FANCY DRESS DANCE

... E. Hammett). Ladies—l Alsatian Peasant (Miss M. Huxham); 2 Knight Commander of the Bath (Miss Yates). Gentlemen—l, Dig for Victory (Master C. Bragg); 2, Persian Gentleman (Mr W. Pike). As the prizes and part of the refreshments were given, the takings ...

Published: Friday 25 April 1941
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 197 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

UNITARIANS' DUTY

... evolved from their common misfortune, was the tendency to go back to the good neighbourly conditions of village life. Dig For Victory At Axminster on Friday, an Allotments Association was formed with Mr. G. H. Willmington, chairman; Mr. W. E. Sweetland ...

Published: Friday 28 March 1941
Newspaper: Exeter and Plymouth Gazette
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 246 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

GARDEN NOTES

... where conditions permit, continue digging. On many soils it is absurd to try to dig hard frosty ground; besides being a waste of energy it may result broken tools, sprained muscles, and many bad words. As to digging in wet weather, it's better to go and ...

Published: Friday 12 December 1941
Newspaper: Western Times
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 274 | Page: 3 | Tags: none