... Big Jump in Pentrich Show Entry GREAT success attended the eighth annual show of Pentnch “ Dig for Victory Horticultural Society, which was opened by Coun. H. R. Newman (general manager Butterley Works), at the Dog Inn Grounds, Pentrich. on Saturday. ...

... Barker at the Old Mexborough Pottery. Yorkshire. Perhaps the real explanation is that they were designed as part of a Dig for Victory campaign during the Napoleonic wars ...

... 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 ...

... the Association continued success and commended its objects, remarking that during the war they' had been requested to dig for victory and that the effort was just as vital now in view of the country's economical difficulties. As gardeners, they could render ...

... 43th annual show. He was Mr. S. Bradbury. brother of the INaddedon extubt• tor, For the third year running he won the Dig for Victory Cup, given by president Dr. Sharpe. Now it lis for good. lle also won the Frank Buckingham Cup for most points. Ile ...

... Wood Memorial Cup ibrat flowering exbit T. Wharton: Eric Cowgill Memorial Cup .children's classed. Dsvid Holdsworth; Dig for Victory Cup MOM points. vegetable ciaossesi. H. Fish. Entries at Cttley Flower Siiow unespectedW high at 5111. F Atkinson and ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... part of his precious leisure was 'taken up with the immense 'amount of hard work he put , into his gardening and his Dig ;for Victory campaign. * • First Girl (discussing the holidays) : So you stopped at a classy place. Dressed for dinner. eh Second ...

... bringing brightness and beauty to the town. You may remember, he said, that during the war we were constantly told to dig for victory.** and many nearly broke their back in the process. There is still the same need to-day, to make ourselves self-supporting ...

... economic policy, number of gardeners that Lirt , imp mcu o ut William Dennis (84), a If we are going to keep on wartime Dig for Victory cam- J) / l rmm until you old pupil of Kirlon Gramma spending more than we earn, paigns produced, it is fact ~, ..Tsii-div ...

... even than space needed for organised games. ' Many townsmen, since wartime necessity created the allotments under a Dig for Victory campaign, have found a new source of recreation and occupation for leisure hours; in fact, a new outlook on life. Every ...