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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

City Council Work

... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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