... Youngsters ' dig for victory' J)IGOINO for victory could well have been the slogan for 20 youngsters when they competed In an international sandcaatle competition on Ramagate beach on Saturday. The 20 builders. all under 13. were the Great Britain finalists ...

... 25 Years Ago Dig for victory was the familiar war-time slogan in March, 1940. Herne Bay residents were encouraged to make full use of their gardens or allotments to grow vegetables for their own use. A Horticultural Committee was set up in the town ...

... outside broadcasts, will present the trophy to the winner, ’ The Southampton show, now in its 20th year, started as a “Dig for Victory” show during the war. It is held annually on Southampton Common, and it is only in the last four years that show jumping ...

... these were some of the prices paid at the Readilg Horticultural Show—during the last war. The first show, in 1941, was a Dig for Victory show in aid of the Duke of Gloucester's ReJ Cross Fund, and lasted for two hours t the Cattle Market. From 1941 to 1945 ...

... Palmer's canteen on Friday, when Mr. H. P. Cowlard gave a short history of the Federation from its founding during the Dig for Victory campaign, in the last war, to the present day. A voluntary organisation, it had increased in size and now, among many ...

... Professor Harry Thorpe, of Birmingham 12 nisersit). studying the future of council allotments. Since the highly successful Dig for Victory days of wartime shortage. the number of allotment holders in England and Wales has dwindled to fewer than ieo.ooe. The ...

... Council having been forwarded for the local authority's support. In the result the Edmonton resolution was adopted. A Dig for Victory week was concluding P.S the paper came out, and the local A.R.P. (Air Raid Pracautions) Committee had received instructions ...

... Jeffry& John Ruck-Keene and Jeremy White. who also produces the play. Settings are by Josephine Williams. Youngsters 'dig for victory for victory could well have been the slogan for 20 youngsters when they competed in an international sandcastle competition ...

... its reputation as a leading event in the South East where quality and quantity go hand in hand. From a tiny war-time Dig for Victory morale-booster to a major two-day attraction providing a wealth of interest for town and countryman alike . . . that ...

... KEEN GARDENERS and diggers for victory will know Arthur J. Simons for his excellent articles on vegetable gardening during and since the war. His original handbook for vegetable growers helped the wartime Dig for Victory campaign. He died four years ...

... urea. Ti - e only allotments our association has lost mince the war have been temporary ones which sprang up during the Dig for Victory campaign of the early 19405. or ones which we agreed cou:d be taken over. None of the statutory allotments have been ...

... such as the association's autumn show. Mr. Cornford recalled that the organization was formed in 1942 as part of the dig for victory drive. _ The first show was held in the Oddfellows Hall and one of th:.! problems to be faced in those chits was air ...