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Royal Show 5 Evening Telegraph Special July 1989 The Royal Show is famous for bringing animals to the people The

... big-name chart stars Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas played Farming has had to look for new directions in the 1980s as the ‘dig for victory’ mentality changed to concern about surpluses and foreign competition Financial packages computers hi-tech tractors deer ...

Published: Tuesday 27 June 1989
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
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Evening Telegraph Thursday July 28 1983 17 It’s a sporting life down at the Millers COVENTRY CO o SOMETIMES wonder

... long before that It was converted into a well-manured patch for spuds and turnips carrots and caulis during the wartime Dig for Victory campaign Broke his heart The landlord of the day was called Tom Sparrow “It nearly broke his heart” says long-standing ...

Published: Thursday 28 July 1983
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 804 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

Coventry Evening Telegraph Wednesday February 13 IPSO GREEN FINGERS GETTING TO KNOW YOUR SOIL HOW well do you ..

... treatment lime every other spring lb square yard pH is moos peat during digging is affective of sulphur is drastic treatment in bad cases FINISH THAT WINTER DIG FINISHED that winter digging yet? Probably not if “Mr gardener for you will be waiting for “better ...

Published: Wednesday 13 February 1980
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 914 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

10 Evening Telegraph Saturday April 18 1987 Time for a celebration at the Whitbread Flowers wish to ..

... COVENTRY GOLF CLUB and congratulate them on their centenary year Street COVENTRY CV1 5QN Telephone As part of Britain’s Dig for Victory” campaign 34 acres of the course at Finham Park were requisitioned This included six holes and the cultivated area remained ...

Published: Saturday 18 April 1987
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1150 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

20 Evening Telegraph Thursday October 27 1983 A mouthful of a name Old colliers warming up round the Daw Mill

... Whoberley) could move up to under-18s after taking last howling team who saw their beloved green commandeered for the dig for victory campaign John Kearns must be one of the few landlords ever to lovingly relay a bowling green rather than turn it into ...

Published: Thursday 27 October 1983
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1124 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

WAR’S OVER Evening Telegraph Special May 1985 Tarry Greasley hero Coventry FC’s postwar team Back On rhe Butts ..

... third There remained just seven municipal soccer pitches and one cricket pitch Many had gone under the plough in the Dig for Victory campaign A social survey carried out in that year indicated the need for a dramatic increase in recreational activities ...

Published: Wednesday 08 May 1985
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1166 | Page: 40 | Tags: none

!r RUGBY ROUNDABOUT Paul Knee “Important that we win REF TONY JONES the most prolific points scorer in ..

... fulfilled their fixtures during war years although had to go into nomadic existence it Hill pitch turned over allotments in “dig for victory” campaign Their to in won 22 games scoring 514 points conceding only 47 Their current line-up (left right): Kevin (Wa ...

Published: Saturday 05 January 1980
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1590 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

Evening Telegraph Monday February 23 1987 7 AM so upset My wife is 51 and I am 68 and after

... WAS intrigued to read in your February 10 leading article that the so-called food surplus is the result of the wartime “Dig for victory” mentality and that nobody wanted the food If nobody wants it why hasn’t it been given to the very poor who all too obviously ...

Published: Monday 23 February 1987
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1834 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

8 Evening Tfetegraph Tuesday July 19 1983 Founded by W I Iliffe February 9 1891 The lesson Meriden THOSE who

... crass insensitivity of the yearly slogan: “Your courage your cheerfulness your resolution will bring us victory” gave way to the “Dig for Victory” catchphrase and a serias of “Careless Talk Costs Lives” pasters that used humour to get the message over ...

Published: Monday 18 July 1983
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1851 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

6 Evening Telegraph Tuesday February 10 1987 Founded by W I Jliffe February' 9 1 891 An end to the

... licensees are about to find out Green and pleasant THE everyday story of countryfolk couldn’t be allowed to run and run The “dig for victory” mentality that has dominated Britain’s agricultural policy since the war has resulted in more and more food that nobody ...

Published: Tuesday 10 February 1987
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1896 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

8 EvtehiugTfetegi’aphf eiesday - Founded by W 1 1 tiff e February 9 1891 A cut that kills choice COVENTRY

... crass insensitivity of the yearly slogan: “Your courage your cheerfulness your resolution will bring us victory” gave way to the “Dig for Victory” catchphrase and a series of “Careless Talk Costs Lives” posters that used humour to get the message over ...

Published: Tuesday 19 July 1983
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1872 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

6 Coventry Evening Telegraph Wednesday October 7 1 98 WHO CARES? Kidney Fund goes flat-out A FLAT-OUT effort to ..

... y less leisure time available sales of vegetable seeds in this country reached a new peak Everyone it appears was “digging for victory” and growing-your-own became almost an obsession Mail order There is no apparent reason for the recent decline other ...

Published: Wednesday 07 October 1981
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1068 | Page: 15 | Tags: none