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DIG FOR VICTORY!

... the word — to vandalise! With the rocketing price of vegetables, can't ground be let for allotments. Let’s “Dig for Victory’’ again the Victory over Inflation! — Yours etc., TOM HAXTON. 9 Woodside, Cowdenbeath. 25/4/75 ...

Published: Friday 02 May 1975
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 86 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

Lunacy and laughter

... Lunacy and laughter “Dig for Victory’ was hilarious, brilliant, clever, earthy, establishmentbashing, and a thoroughly enjoyable night at the theatre. The show tells of how a shopkeeper's family adapt to the trials of World War Two when Albert Whitecliff ...

Published: Saturday 28 February 1981
Newspaper: St. Andrews Citizen
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 148 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Make your savings flourish

... are thinking seriously about growing their own fruit and vegetables. In fact, we could see an attitude like the wartime dig for victory'' campaign. Cultivated Of course, not everyone has a garden suitable for growing food produce, but there is quite a demand ...

Published: Friday 05 April 1974
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 342 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

Some new varieties worth a try

... worth a try _ This year the vegetable plot is going to be more important to gardeners than at any time since the slogan “Dig for Victory” was last used. The housewife should look to her garden as a means of feeding the family at low cost. For a small outlay ...

Published: Saturday 16 March 1974
Newspaper: St. Andrews Citizen
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 408 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

MOTOR CYCLES (FOR SALE & WANTED),

... country had its collective back against the wall in the years after 1939, the maxim as far as h::mll was concerned was “Dig for Victory”. ~ This policy has persisted up to the present day — until last week. Everyone has their price — and it’s a price which ...

Published: Thursday 19 February 1987
Newspaper: Glenrothes Gazette
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 430 | Page: 30 | Tags: none

Kirkcaldy District Council's floral crest in the Festival Gardens

... Kirkcaldy District Council's floral crest in the Festival Gardens. ‘Dig for victory’ is the message this year from Kirkcaldy District Council’s vice-convener, Councillor Charles Gardner, as Leven has again won the area finals of the Britain in Bloom contest ...

Published: Friday 23 July 1976
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 476 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DRAMA

... aristocratic family — a clever spoof which combines Christie and Conan Doyle. g The Cliffhanger Theatre Company presents ““Dig for Victory”, described as a ‘comedy with songs and enough plots for the average audience to have one each”. The company has contributed ...

Published: Saturday 07 February 1981
Newspaper: St. Andrews Citizen
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 493 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

E DISTRIBUTORS Institute of Park Administration Former Kirkcaldy Superintendent Is New President

... charge which heretofore had been separate from the Parks Department. During the War he took a very active part in the ‘Dig for Victory' Campaign in his home town. On the 16th October, 1943, when addressing a public meeting in the Freemasons Hall, Edinburgh ...

Published: Saturday 24 September 1960
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 595 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

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... blues, that | had planted to bring back those flavours remembered from the days when the whole nation was required to ‘Dig for victory’. TboughAthe ground was - uie soil separated easily from the ripe tubers, | was still not prepared for the dryness of ...

Published: Thursday 09 September 1993
Newspaper: Glenrothes Gazette
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 549 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

PUBLIC INQUIRY OPENS

... “In 1943,” said Dr. Taylor, “at a time when people were not interested in golf, and there was a national campaign to ‘dig for victory’ the Council sold the area which they bought in 1903 to the Cooperative.” Dr. Taylor explained that in 1946 the Society ...

Published: Friday 18 April 1969
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 780 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

Recalling school days there

... them. Do you remember during the last war the high iron railings of Madras being cut down for wartime scrap? Did you “Dig for Victory” in the school garden and harvest for the same? Do you remember gas mask practice, and forget on occasions to bring you ...

Published: Friday 09 September 1983
Newspaper: St. Andrews Citizen
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 739 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Death of ex-Provost David Wallace

... Home Guard. The Golf Club, the Sailing Club, The Julian Memorial At this time, he also became deeply involved in the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign, encouraging many others to follow his example and grow foodstuffs wherever they would flourish. It was this ...

Published: Friday 02 September 1983
Newspaper: Fife Free Press
County: Fife, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 883 | Page: 20 | Tags: none