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(Gardeners dig for victory

... (Gardeners dig for victory Villagers in Staffordshire are hoping that everything in their garden is lovely. ' ] Judging for the county’s besty! kept villaéze competition is getting: underway. The prize winners will be announced in August. Entries are ...

Published: Monday 01 June 1981
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 117 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

Teenagers dig for victory

... Teenagers dig for victory TVIO Kneen-tinkered lad. hare been rewArded for their lecnager• Mark Flower from Lichfield and Da‘id Marione from Burnioood both successful) completed the first )car long phase of a horticultural course at Penkridge Agricultural ...

Published: Friday 26 October 1984
Newspaper: Lichfield Mercury
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 186 | Page: 53 | Tags: none

Priory will dig after victory

... Priory will dig after victory Edgbaston Priory will dig up its immaculate grass courts if Birmingham is successful in its bid to capture the 1992 Olympic Games. Denis Howell, the former Sports Minister and hardworkirg president of the city’s Olympic Games ...

Published: Wednesday 11 June 1986
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 182 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

if-S f : 6 BURTON MAIL TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14 1984 ding mhhhhmIhhIIIIIIIIII Dig for Victory has a whole new

... if-S f : 6 BURTON MAIL TUESDAY FEBRUARY 14 1984 ding mhhhhmIhhIIIIIIIIII Dig for Victory has a whole new meaning for allotment holders in East Staffordshire For members of the Federation of East Staffordshire Districts Allotment Association are fighting ...

Published: Tuesday 14 February 1984
Newspaper: Burton Daily Mail
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 300 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Chance to dig for victory 8 BURTON MAIL FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 1 986 CARPETS AT FACTORY PRICES! Buy direct from

... Chance to dig for victory 8 BURTON MAIL FRIDAY OCTOBER 3 1 986 CARPETS AT FACTORY PRICES! Buy direct from Yorkshire carpet wholesaler Lounge or living room 12' patterened Broadloom with built-in underlay Now only £199 sq yd Bedroom Broadloom (8 colours) ...

Published: Friday 03 October 1986
Newspaper: Burton Daily Mail
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1191 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

tickle off

... flagging fortunes of allotments in the City. Allotment holdings dropped dramatically after the peak years of World War ll's Dig For Victory campaign. Since 1973 City allotments have flourished with gardeners enjoying some of the lowest rentals in the West Midlands ...

Published: Tuesday 16 August 1988
Newspaper: Staffordshire Sentinel
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 53 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Today, breeding and rabbiting ferrets is simply a bobby in the few areas where it is still practised. But for

... when the Second World War broke WI, rabbits became less of a nuisance, more an enemy. Rationing became compulsory, and 'dig for victory' was the motto as Britain aimed to become selfsufficient. Rabbits caused untold damage to local crops and, with meat in ...

Published: Thursday 03 February 1983
Newspaper: Rugeley Times
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 206 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

It's a whopper

... It's a whopper DIG for victory • welt. known wartime phrase could be the cry of MeV/s--eell/4 gardening readers if they turn to page 26 where we publish the first column by gard•ning expert Bill Sowerbutts who this week pores practicid advice on gettmg ...

Published: Friday 04 July 1980
Newspaper: Staffordshire Newsletter
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 239 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE PRINCE'S youni BUSINESS IRUSI

... Jones said that he had found the job as regional co-ordinator extremely enjoyable and highly rewarding. Helping hand in dig for victory I'VE got every chanpe of success now, said 24-yearold Stephen Leaver after finding out that he had been awarded £l,OOO ...

Published: Friday 10 March 1989
Newspaper: Lichfield Mercury
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 360 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

32 WALSALL OBSERVER FRIDAY AUGUST 24 1984 WALSALL Dazzling SHOW horticulture It began as a wartime fete ..

... Society’s Perpetual Challenge Trophy awarded to the exhibi- points in the wine classes It’s all a far cry from the first “Dig for Victory” show and fete in 1943 when wartime Walsall hosted 37 classes ranging from pea cucumbers The first Walsall and District ...

Published: Friday 24 August 1984
Newspaper: Walsall Observer
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 1454 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

WJWWW Thrifty pupus Burton school credit la one school year children at Victoria Primary School £5000 It ii ..

... pesticides and harmful chemicals Treasurer Mr John Hunt said increased land cultivation no important now than in the Dig for Victory days 50 years ago Officials were reelected with special thanks to Mr Hunt and to secretary Mr Gerald Woodburn of 490a ...

Published: Friday 17 March 1989
Newspaper: Burton Daily Mail
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 433 | Page: 35 | Tags: none