... Workers in dig for victory plan A call was made yesterday for a new farming and food develupment authority to run the ailing agricultural industry. The Workers' Party sees it as the first step to a move to revolutionise Ulster food production. It wants ...

... digs for victory THE Second World War was at its height when this photograph was taken, showing pupils at a rural school near Portadown digging to help the war effort. The school was Derryvane Primary School, and the pupils were taking part in the ‘Dig ...

... gardening, then when world war two broke out, he was greatly inspired t';i' the slogan Lord Widdleton gave to the nation ‘Dig for Victory'. His first rectory home in Tyrella, Co. Down, gave him the golden opportunity to see the ‘Glory of the Garden’ which ...

... cpponents on the field of play. The Distillery Lament recalls an event whan “Freecrow” was put under the plough in a Dig for Victory plan sometime around 1915, Just when we were doing well, and the pride of Lurgan Town. Our football pitch, it was took ...

... track to ensure that the new Government policy would favour its members. In no uncertain terms this document ended the “dig for victory” campaign which began in the days of the second world war — no longer was the goal of the farming industry increased ...

... of purpose - built vehicles came on to the roads and slogans went up poster by posier — “Careless talk costs lives,” “Dig for Victory.” > 9 i sights with hundreds of children, labelled like goods in case of loss, waiting on platforms for trains they didn’t ...

... Digging for victory was a popular slogan during the Second World War, and schoolchildren were encouraged to grow gardens in allotments in Portadown, and in rural areas. This photograph shows children from a country school working in their allotment. TX-35-69 ...

... don't need Is short-lived expediency. Not 100 per cent right, not even 50 per cent 41 / 1 /111 / 4 * '- ' 4; • 4 • DIGGING FOR VICTORY . . . Su, the Lord Mayor says hurry up. ...

... guests, which was quite a crowd in war-time, attended the reception at the Abercromby Cafe. Digging for victory, Saving for victory, and collection of scraps for victory were all in the news. Ornamental railings were being confiscated and re-cycled (all but ...

... [Economy Focus .E o roads hold key tfl oreater prosperity? Digging for victory is back in fashion. But the digging in question is new roads, and tunnels and the victory is the winning back of lost business for Britain both at home and overseas. The road ...

... will go to the National Film Archive. The home movies cover all aspects of the war, including Churchill's speeches, digging for victory and soldiers on leave. A group of schoolgirls from Windermere in the Lake District are to be put on a wartime diet under ...

... land and larder and the spur towards which aimost every farming operation was geared was victory — ploughing for victory, digging for victory, planting for victory and so on. Throughout the United Kingdom, the vast resources of the ...