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Village hosts horticultural show

... hosts horticultural show ONE OF Northamptonshire's largest horticultural shows - founded by the man who coined the phrase Dig for Victory, during the Second World War - takes root in Northamptonshire this weekend. famously green-fingered C H Middleton, the ...

Published: Thursday 04 September 2003
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 138 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Skills chance

... Northampton 734170. Garden aims CELEBRITY gardener AlanTitchmarsh is urging the young R'ardeners of orthamptonshire to dig for victory in the Greenfingers challenge. The competition, organised by Tidy Britain Group and the Royal Horticultural Society, offers ...

Published: Monday 19 February 2001
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

)|S Ry 3R ‘ Finedon

... s, including youths who lob glass bottles onto the tennis courts. Deshorough King of the allotment THE country was digging for victory during the Second World War when Ron King formed the Desborough Allotment and Garden Association. Committee members ...

Published: Friday 07 March 2003
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 238 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

GARDEN SOCIETY SHOW

... ‘The Lad’ when it comes to gardening matters can only count their luck and the prize money. Come on Eydon, join in and ‘Dig for Victory' at least in the society show. EYDON PLAYERS Auditions for the pantomime, Beauty and the Beast, will take place in the ...

Chris’s new

... pocket-handkerchief gardens. He has al € nas also designed exhibition gardens and in 1999 was awarded a Gold Medal for his Dig For Victory garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Chris isa regular faceon TV, appearing on The Flying Gar- dener, Hidden Gardens ...

Published: Monday 03 March 2003
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 296 | Page: 60 | Tags: none

ALI o mAN

... Unrationed Land. Mr C H Middleton, the first radio gardener, who lived at Lois Weedon, regularly broadcast advice on how to “Dig for Victory” and gave out recipes for making the most of garden produce. ...

Published: Saturday 06 July 2002
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 314 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

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... tanks quicker than I could create them! A selection of equipment and machinery allows you to make trenches and tunnels to dig for victory, but this game has me beaten. If you want an RTS game you can get stuck straight into, vou'll want ...

Published: Saturday 01 March 2003
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 356 | Page: 34 | Tags: none

Bringing in the sheaves

... barley and oats. During the Second World War, Land Army girls and prisoners-of-war from nearby Addington Camp helped “dig for victory. Paul Clapham recalls three genera tions of his family at Stone Cross in Wellingborough Road, Irthlingborough, which ...

Published: Thursday 18 October 2001
Newspaper: Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 684 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

Chron man’s 100th goes with a bang

... raid warden, keeping night watch at the Northampton headquarters in Wheatfield Street while keeping allotments for the Dig for Victory campaign. Mr Pettitt started at the paper’s offices in Market Square in 1945 and held the post until his retirement in ...

Published: Monday 05 November 2001
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 847 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

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 ...