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... Estates, Markets and Baths Committee. During the war he was Chairman of the Lands Cultivation Committee and led the Dig for Victory campaign, during which thousands of new allotments were opened. He arranged lectures for allotment-holders in every ...

Published: Friday 01 April 1949
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 177 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Longdon Show has record entries

... Longdon Show has record entries HOME food production is Just as important today it wa.s at the height the war-time “Dig for Victory campaign, and the* horticultural displays now being staged in villages and towns tliroughout the county are serving useful ...

Published: Saturday 27 August 1949
Newspaper: Staffordshire Advertiser
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 215 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

BURTON IS ALLOTMENT MINDED -Mr. Wells

... Gardeners would do welt 10 refresh their memories by looking op the layouts formerly Issued by ea war.Eme Government in its Dig for Victory propaganda campaign. Foam*: Where did the rj points margin come In between the cupwinning plot and the plot of the pre- ...

Published: Thursday 28 July 1949
Newspaper: Burton Observer and Chronicle
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 430 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Entries Hit By Dry Season HIGH STANDARD

... Committee of the Borough Council, was the ninth of the series. During the war years, it was, of course, known as a Dig for Victory exhibition. More support was accorded the show by trade exhibitors this year, •the Show Secretary, Mr. E. W. Vaughan, ...

Published: Saturday 17 September 1949
Newspaper: Staffordshire Newsletter
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 568 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

150 YEARS AGO SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1799

... nursemaid. Stafford show theme: “Dig for plenty iriRST held in 1940 part of the war-time Dig for Victory' campaign, the annual show of the Startord Borough Horticultural Committee continues today em- the need to Dig for Plenty. This year's show, held ...

Published: Saturday 17 September 1949
Newspaper: Staffordshire Advertiser
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1278 | Page: 7 | Tags: none