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in dig for victory

... in dig for victory or first hand knowl- with their views. before the war, but for on the plot. This was edge of the site to come Although the site the past 50 years green foiled with a 4,000 petiforward. A petition is belongs to the Council, fingered ...

Published: Thursday 30 April 1998
Newspaper: Morpeth Herald
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 168 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PLANNING TO DIG FOR VICTORY

... PLANNING TO DIG FOR VICTORY STUDENTS at Durham University fighting for bigger grants are planning to dig for victory next week. A- pnl'—day lecture boyeott T S e vy, SR T b SIS o 4 o is being organized on Tuesday as a protest against Government plans ...

Published: Saturday 27 February 1982
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 159 | Page: 9 | 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

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.” ...

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

Fifty years on, Bobby’s still digging

... Fifty years on, Bobby’s still digging WHEN the call came to dig deep for his country Robert Moore picked up his spade. 'Fifty years on Robert, of Longhirst, is still digging, although this time for Longhirst Show, where he has been Chairman since 1947 ...

Published: Thursday 11 September 1997
Newspaper: Morpeth Herald
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 247 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

HARTLEPOOL Digging for the pot

... HARTLEPOOL Digging for the pot IF there is anything to be found on the credit side of unemployment, it is, perhaps, the move away from flower cultivation to vegetable growing by those affected. The number of books recently published on ‘‘digging for the ...

Published: Saturday 04 July 1987
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 266 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Former P. C. dies aged 84

... National up. The form of Regional Govern- Allotments Society, formed during ment will provide for a two-tier the 193945 war “Dig for Victory” system which means that local % a successful shower and fim %:'t -] tfihfi dUnmat' W&? completely ated. :::sa @ regular ...

Published: Friday 13 December 1968
Newspaper: Morpeth Herald
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 463 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Gardens Ty

... Gardens Ty We had to dig for victory and a massive school garden to work on for our leisure or recreation time. Football and cricket went to the wall. We built a great big wheel barrow under the supervision of Mr Laws, the woodwork teacher, then &ushed ...

FARMINGS CRUCIAL ROLE DURING THE WAR YEARS

... new airfields, supply more food from gardens centres and training camps. and allotments with the The crop that saw the “Dig for Victory” cam- single biggest increase in pa}_pn. production was wheat, the ormer NFU President acreage devoted to it in- Sir Reginald ...

Published: Friday 04 August 1995
Newspaper: Alnwick Mercury
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Article | Words: 968 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

Mark V.E. day with a spot of Digging for Victory this Bank Holiday - and ‘g‘w»umsmmwmammd ‘hanging basket kits, ..

... Mark V.E. day with a spot of Digging for Victory this Bank Holiday - and ‘g‘w»umsmmwmammd ‘hanging basket kits, beautiful bedding plants and omamental ideas all you need for your garden to pass muster. .‘mmmumm Treliis restaurant -no ration books | BELL ...

Published: Thursday 04 May 1995
Newspaper: Blyth News Post Leader
County: Northumberland, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 121 | Page: 115 | Tags: none

545 NEWS AT 5-45

... small Suffolk town of Market Wetherby has been doggedly getting on with the war — a time of ration cards, shortages, Digging for Victory and identity cards. Into this quiet corner of England arrives the 525th Bomb Group of the U.S. Air Force. 100 NEWS AT ...

Published: Friday 19 February 1982
Newspaper: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
County: Durham, England
Type: Article | Words: 249 | Page: 4 | Tags: none