'DIG FOR VICTORY' PROFIT

... 'DIG FOR VICTORY' PROFIT Goole Corporation made a profit of £562 en potatoes and sugar beet grown in Goole parks to help the war effort, it was reported at a meeting of Goole Borough Property Committee last night. The Borough Surveyor, J. H. Castle, said ...

Published: Tuesday 04 March 1947
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 123 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

DIG FOR VICTORY OVER WANT

... DIG FOR VICTORY OVER WANT FOOD FRONT pHE Ministry of Agri-; A culture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Food have in Parliament and outside made statements which have made clear the gravity of the world food situation at the present time. All local ...

Published: Saturday 15 February 1947
Newspaper: Cheltenham Chronicle
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 276 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

England’s * Dig for Victory ” paign as he saw it in his capacity ¢ Ministry of Agriculture official, an

... England’s * Dig for Victory ” paign as he saw it in his capacity ¢ Ministry of Agriculture official, an has many suggestions to make to a gardeners. Putnams will publis this book at the end of March. Phyllis Nicholson has followed uf her Norney Rough ...

Published: Saturday 22 March 1947
Newspaper: Bookseller
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 217 | Page: 36 | Tags: none

LESS AUSTERITY

... LESS AUSTERITY In the days of dig for victory during the war the seedsmen were called on almost entirely to supply vegetable plants and see&. Now. gardeners are paying more attention to flowers—they are buying, sweet-peas as well as swedes, campanulas ...

Published: Friday 25 April 1947
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 77 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

'Dig for plenty' is new slogan for allotments

... 'Dig for plenty' is new slogan for allotments I YNN ALLOTMENT holdcrs who vtgorously supported the Dig for Victory caMpa - lan during the war are being asked to take part in a new effort. It is to la 2 called the Dig for Plenty campaign, and one of ...

Published: Friday 04 April 1947
Newspaper: Lynn Advertiser
County: Norfolk, England
Type: Article | Words: 86 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Hlghain Allotments

... is on the wane. The incentive of Dig for Victory seems to have gone, although the slogan surely still holds good—with perhaps a slight amendment to Dig for Victory or Want, or, if preferred, Dig for ...

Published: Friday 15 August 1947
Newspaper: Nelson Leader
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 563 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

It's easy to bum

... excuse that you don't know how to grow food crops. There were hundre& and thousands of beginners who made good in the Dig for Victory campaign. Gardening is a friendly business and you'll And many flood Samaritans ready to help and advise you on any gardening ...

Published: Friday 14 February 1947
Newspaper: Ashbourne Telegraph
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: | Words: 97 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Hinckley Parks Head's New Post

... first-class certificate. Midland Agricultural College certificate In horticulture, and the Royal Horticultural I Society Dig for Victory certificate. He served In the RAF during the war. ...

Published: Wednesday 09 April 1947
Newspaper: Leicester Evening Mail
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: | Words: 92 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

KEEP 'EM DIGGING

... KEEP 'EM DIGGING WHAT a pity that the enthusiasm of the Dig for Victory drive has been allowed to wane. In some cases allotment holders have become apathetic. In many others they have been dispossessed of their land. Local authorities ought to take ...

Published: Tuesday 15 April 1947
Newspaper: Daily Mirror
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 110 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Southport Show

... was decided bv the show committee yesterday as a result of the strong suoDort given to the honev section at the wartime Dig for Victory shows. There is also to be large tent where experts will give advice on the cultivation of flowers and vegetables. The ...

Published: Friday 16 May 1947
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 5 | Tags: none