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Priory will dig after victory

... Priory will dig after victory Edgbaston Priory will dig up its immaculate grass courts if Birmingham is successful in its bid to capture the 1992 Olympic Games. Denis Howell, the former Sports Minister and hardworkirg president of the city’s Olympic Games ...

Published: Wednesday 11 June 1986
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 182 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

Ex-writer dies

... retirement at the age of 85 in 1962, is announced today. In 1946 he was awarded the 0.8. E. for his wartime services to the Dig for Victory campaign. ...

Published: Wednesday 19 June 1968
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 51 | Page: 12 | 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

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

Allotments alert for villagers

... alert for villagers The parish council at Romsley, near Halesowen, wants to find out how many villagers are parepared to dig for victory. 3 3 ¥ For Romsley has no allotments, and rising food prices have already prompted enquiries from residents. The village ...

Published: Saturday 02 March 1974
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 121 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

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... it with the 8.8. C. — has been good enough to tell Rugby that he has seen many shows but he has seen nothing like the Dig for Victory exhibition promoted by the Borough Council as part of its holidays-at-home programme, and of which the distinguished spokesman ...

Published: Friday 28 August 1970
Newspaper: Rugby Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

DIG FOR THE WORLD ™

... DIG FOR THE WORLD ™ Church leaders in Warwickshire want land owners to begin **digging for the world.” Their plea an update of the war-time *Dig for Victory campaign - is just one of several suggestions in a bid to beat world-wide food shortages And ...

Published: Friday 20 December 1974
Newspaper: Rugby Advertiser
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 166 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Le¢ Dig for

... Le¢ Dig for . victory The fact that petrol I are now being altered s their present limit of gallon can become should serve to impre our politicians and our cillors that prices now ¢ in four years and wa| roughly three. The pu already aware of the re of ...

Published: Monday 05 May 1975
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 147 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

Dig for

... Dig for . victory The fact that petrol pumps are now being altered so that their present limit of 99p a gallon can become £9.99 should serve to impress on our politicians and our councillors that prices now double in four years and wages in roughly three ...

Published: Monday 05 May 1975
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 175 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

The green war on inflation

... certainly when it comes to the rising cost of fresh fruit and veg. And it seems we Britishers who rallied to the call: Dig for Victory all of 30 and more years ago are, in expanding numbers, opting for home grown victuals. Certain greenhouses have suddenly ...

Published: Saturday 17 August 1974
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 24 | Tags: none

SAVE HALEKF AN HOUR’S PAY EVERY DAY.

... as half an hour’s unpaid work a day, and the phrase “ Work for Britain ™ already being used are all evocative of the *“Dig for Victory ” spirit which inspired us all in the dark years of war. The key efforts then, by those not actually fighting, were those ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1968
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 194 | Page: 5 | Tags: none