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DIG FOR VICTORY

... DIG FOR VICTORY Three Communists escaped from Ludhiana gaol. East Punjab. on Sunday night through a ' 2711. tunnel. They dug the tunnel with spades supp li ed at, their request for growing foot ' crops in. the gaol courtyard. AU State forestry workers ...

Published: Tuesday 27 September 1949
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 50 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

* • * * Nesestes's Ombiaed Show

... the war, largely through the initiative of the then Mayor, the late AM. Joseph Bates. who was a noted figure in the Dig for Victory campaign. Earlier shows were held at Courtaulds' Canteen. and three years ago the Borough Horticultural Committee embarked ...

Published: Friday 05 August 1949
Newspaper: Midland Counties Tribune
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 153 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE AWARDS

... free rendering of ornament, 94 per cent., and D. R. Keen (Class 3) the marks in ornamental painting, ing, 17 per cent DIG FOR VICTORY Three Communists escaped from Ludhiana gaol, Zest Pun*b, on Sunday night through a 137 ft, tunneL They dug the tunnel ...

Published: Tuesday 27 September 1949
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 236 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

Exhall Wins

... Exhall Wins Allotment Cup Started during the war in a factory canteen as part of the local Dig for Victory campaign, Nuneaton's annual horticultural show, which has become an established August Bank Holiday attraction. was expected to draw a big crowd ...

Published: Monday 01 August 1949
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 329 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

RUGBY WILLS

... which will be in August. The competition was introduced in 1942 as the R.A.F. counterpart to _ i ■»!■. . the civilian Dig for Victory cam- The King and Queen spent a very . . „ auiet Easter at Royal Lodge. Wind- About 200 %A.F. unite have farms ear. Yesterday ...

Published: Tuesday 19 April 1949
Newspaper: Rugby Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 389 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Poor Hospitality

... live.' • How does that fit the modern idea of a spiv? nent place in the flower market. In thme parts many answered the Dig for Victory call made during the war years, and the urge to raise a certain amount of produce from the allotment and back garden ...

Published: Saturday 19 March 1949
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1409 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WIDESPREAD FOG IN SOUTH

... begins to-nierrew. The men are uncovering the Riley' In readiness for unloading from the new two-storeyed .. 1, sl Iv, DIG FOR VICTORY Morris hydraulic transporter. sit Three Communists escaped from Ludhiana gaol, East Pun- jab, on Sunday night through ...

Published: Tuesday 27 September 1949
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 2087 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

BOY’S BEQI'EST

... don t take it as authentic,” added Alderman Holmes. Congratulating the Association on their work, the Mayor said. ” Digging for victory has been necessary for many years and there is need for me to emphasise the necessity of today. Whatever hours you work ...