... years and eves, when fuel was scarce during the war the rarer specimens were preserved by sneak;ng them in among the Dig for Victory tomatoes. Mr. Eric Thornton (Parks Manager) is Justly proud of the coliection—but makes sure that the plants earn their ...

... 30 years and even when luel was scarce during the war the rarer specimens were preserved by sneaking them in among the Dig for Victory tomatoes. Mr. Eric Thornton (Park■ Manager) is Justly proud of the collection—but makes sure that the plants earn their ...

... he was amazed at the number of people growing their own vegetables on every piece of land they bad. It is almost a ' dig for victory' war-time story over again, be said. ...

... SATURDAY'S SOLUTION Orntbe AMISS: I Dig for victory 8 Pir- Across: I Commiserative- 8 *Wry). 9 Sc-all-op. 10 TT-re-at. Crows 9 Scuttle. 10 Later. 11 Inn-ate. 12 Sp-i-ed• 14 Screw. Stance. 12 Spite. 14 Impel. 18 Pi-18 Am-al-i-a. 20 Says no (snag). rate ...

... learning about history. _. Dishes on the menu include Sir Walter By Richard Price Raleigh's mutton pie from the Tudor era, dig for victory carrots from the war years, and even a futuristic techno sponge cake. Dozens of schools across Liverpool are taking part ...

... history, from 1939 to '45. And even if you didn't live through those years of the Home Guard, A.R.P., identity cards, dig for victory and countless posters warning careless talk costs lives, you will still find a tremendous amount to entertain in this ...

... rugby on two pitches in Birkenhead's Upper Park. Then came the war, and the ground was turned over to allotments in the Dig For Victory campaign. After the war, the former Birkenhead Corporation laid out the area as ornamental gardens, with lawns, and confined ...

... Wales quarry. It's hard to imagine carrots and turnins thriving at the foot of famous London monuments. But the war's Dig for Victory campaign scattered veget• able seeds through city parks and turned golf courses into cabbage patches. Other food was scarce ...

... divorced from cabaret. The first Liverpool Show, lied at Wavertree in 1949, was a child of the war. It sprang out of the Dig for Victory campaign and the horticultural shows which were held in the city suburbs and jointly organised by the Liverpool and District ...

... It all began with Dig 7 WHILE this year's Liver: pool Show is the 25th in the series, the history of the event goes back still • further. • It was born out of the wartime Dig For Victory campaign, w4ich was designed to • reduce the burden on d Britain's ...

... Road, Birkenhead in April, 1941. . • - -4 1 1 ''''i , T ; ~ 4 -• Everyone with a garden or an allotment was / urged to 'Dig for Victory' during the war. The • \ parks did their stint, too, growing enormous amounts of corn and vegetables. This '..;',1 Ai- ...

... schemes throughout Merseyside yet up to five times that number were still using dirty needles, he said. Tenants in big dig for victory ...