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... And they're still digging for victory

... And they're still digging for victory ALDWINCLE Village Flower and Vegetable Show may have started as part of the Dig for Victory campaign, but 59 years later it is still going strong. Thi s year's event took place, as it has for many years, in the ...

Digging for victory!

... Digging for victory! THE OLDEST and youngest allotment holders in Market Rasen are both equally determined to save their plots! Thomas Horst (86) has tended his plot since 1982 while eightyear-old Charlotte Hall’s family have just taken theirs over. They ...

Published: Wednesday 09 August 2000
Newspaper: Market Rasen Weekly Mail
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 587 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

Digging meant victory at show

... Digging meant victory at show SUNDAY'S Fleckney Village Show was a ‘great success. The event was organised jointly by the Fleckney Gardening Club and Village Hali Committee and held in the hall. Club committee member Peggy Simons said: “The standard of ...

Branching out in style!

... Branching out in style! PEOPLE in Great Bowden have Close, has now reached the stage been digging for victory as a com- where hedges are being planted munity wood takes shape. and work on the area is expected The wood, off Gunnsbrook to be completed soon ...

Golden vegetables on show

... modern housing estates. The Allotment Association was formed, which still thrives today. - The men spent many hours digging for victory during the Second World War, proudly taking home the results of their labours. A fruit, flower and vegetable show was ...

Welboumn

... turbans and wrap around pinnies, Red Cross nurses, members of the armed forces and land workers all of whom spent the day digging for victory - they planted peas, broad beans, radishes and cress, some made national identification cards, others made carrot cakes ...

Published: Thursday 29 June 2000
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 380 | Page: 52 | Tags: none

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... suitable coswere evacuees with gas ves with turbans and wrap ted Cross nurses, members es and land workers all of day digging for victory - , broad beans, radishes and de national identification de carrot cakes - and ate s a drama enacted called pop-up cards ...

Published: Thursday 29 June 2000
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 526 | Page: 53 | Tags: none

Four pages of news and views from your community

... modern housing estates. An allotment association was formed and is still thriving today. The men spent many hours ‘digging for victory’ during the Second World War, proudly taking home the results of their labours for family and friends. A fruit, flower ...

Published: Saturday 02 September 2000
Newspaper: Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2001 | Page: 16 | Tags: none