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Thursday 16th April 1987 7 IT was pleasing to hear that the Town Council's annual allotments contest lives on, ..

... to hear that the Town Council's annual allotments contest lives on, despite it being called something dating back to “'dig for victory.. That to my mind was quite wrong! Efforts in those days resulted in there being mountains of potatoes and other root ...

Published: Thursday 16 April 1987
Newspaper: Sleaford Standard
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 72 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Gardeners

... Gardeners originally cultivated in 1942 as part of the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign designed to beat rationing. It provides a haven for wildlife, access to the river for local people, and helps allotment holders keep fit, Dr Best added. “A lot of them are ...

Published: Thursday 30 April 1998
Newspaper: Morpeth Herald
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 81 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

COAL BOARD WANT A SLOGAN

... the entries the Coal Board hope to find a slogan which will compare with well-known slogans like “Lend to Defend” and “Dig for Victory.” v ...

Published: Wednesday 03 March 1948
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 86 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

‘Albert still on the big search

... ‘Albert still on the big search Britain’s wartime “Dig for Victory” campaign is still creating its prob: lems .« ! Members of the Albert club at Wolverhampton are still attempting to discover the owner of one of the old allotments adjacent %o their courts ...

Published: Thursday 09 August 1973
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 83 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

INSIDE

... INSIDE In the garden it's time to dig for victory, but do you know the difference between single digging and double digging? Our gardening expert, Nicholas Warliker takes you through the spadework: PAGE 14 Books Food Look to the future with Trillion Year ...

BAILEY’S RUBY WEDDING Barbara and Derrick Bailey have “Notched-up” a double score; Cos they went and got ..

... themselves wedded in nineteen fifty four. Now forty years tells a long long story, From wedding bells to conservatory. Dig for victory was then the cali? This pair, | tell you have dug it all! $0 “Good luck and good health to you we're sending”, good hiking ...

Published: Friday 22 July 1994
Newspaper: Matlock Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 87 | Page: 43 | Tags: none

EXPLOITING

... and vegetables can be grown to advantage and a garden is an essential part in the event of war — hence the World War Il Dig For Victory campaign.” ...

Keep Smiling Through

... details and tips on using rationed foods. Sections of the display have details of the local home guard, workers’ playtime, dig for victory with food rationing details and women at The hotels in Harrogate during the war, the air raid on Harrogate and details ...

Published: Friday 02 March 2001
Newspaper: Ripon Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

Keeper of the year

... Keeper of the year ALLOTMENTS may be regarded as a quaint anachronism by many people, a throwback to the ‘Dig for Victory’ days of the Second World War. But Terence Phillips, of St Leonard’s Road, Far Cotton, is living proof that keeping an allotment ...

Published: Friday 15 July 1994
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 100 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Woolton’s way

... is crippling every housewife in Britain, why don’t we all take drastic measures to solve this drastic problem? Why not dig for victory, like we did in the dark days of World War Two? And why doesn't the Government — which is so fond of putting out reams ...

Published: Saturday 18 August 1973
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 104 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Tom’s garden is the pick of bunch

... is the pick of bunch HARTLEPOOL'S greenfingered gardener Tom Patrick has shown the rest of the North-Ea_st the way to dig for victory. His garden has been chosen above 150 other entries as the prettiest in the North. And Ward Jackson Park has scooped the ...

Published: Tuesday 28 July 1987
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 108 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

life in Goainsborough in 1943

... of April 27. h, 1943 It was reported in the “Evening News” files of 25 years ago that two features of Gainsborough's “Dig for Victory” Exhibition at the Technical College on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, will show people how to make the best of their ...

Published: Tuesday 30 April 1968
Newspaper: Gainsborough Evening News
County: Lincolnshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 115 | Page: 4 | Tags: none