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... Land-girls dig for victory at an Oxford college A BOOKLET about the gardens of the Oxford college Lady Margaret Hall has just been published. Al- though the gardens were created in 1879 and often written about, this is the first time that all the information ...
... and desiccating the soil. Acquired by the National Trust in 1899, it suffered further from wartime encouragement to 'dig for victory'. So, when the Trust took the site back in 1952, the future looked bleak. But 40 years later its patient strategy of drainage ...
... commissioned rubber wellingtans for troops in the trenches. And in the Second World War that same boot helped the country to dig for victory. The rubber wellie was standard issue to the Women 's Land Army, and covered the feet of all those who turned their gardens ...
... the depredations and neglect of the Second World War. There had been a certain amount of vegetable gardening, in the 'Dig for Victory' spirit but many ornamental gardens had been left to their own devices. Herbaceous borders were overgrown, shrubs were ...
... moved to a newly built house in the village. Its garden, scarcely begun, was turned over to vegetables and fruit bushes. Dig for Victory concerned everyone. I remember the flames, higher than a two-storey house, as enormous heaps of rose bushes from Stevens ...
... pushing the and it looks of political a pity he's strong enough farming industry, the US. It's funny how Land-girls dig for victory at an Oxford college A BOOKLET about the gardens of the Oxford college Lady Margaret Hall has just been published. Al- ...
... and desiccating the soil. Acquired by the National Trust in 1899, it suffered further from wartime encouragement to 'dig for victory'. So, when the Trust took the site back in 1952, the future looked bleak. But 40 years later its patient strategy of drainage ...
... moved to a newly built house in the village. Its garden, scarcely begun, was turned over to vegetables and fruit bushes. Dig for Victory concerned everyone. I remember the flames, higher than a two-storey house, as enormous heaps of rose bushes from Stevens ...
... the depredations and neglect of the Second World War. There had been a certain amount of vegetable gardening, in the 'Dig for Victory' spirit but many ornamental gardens had been left to their own devices. Herbaceous borders were overgrown, shrubs were ...
... commissioned rubber wellingtans for troops in the trenches. And in the Second World War that same boot helped the country to dig for victory. The rubber wellie was standard issue to the Women 's Land Army, and covered the feet of all those who turned their gardens ...
... commissioned rubber wellingtans for troops in the trenches. And in the Second World War that same boot helped the country to dig for victory. The rubber wellie was standard issue to the Women 's Land Army, and covered the feet of all those who turned their gardens ...
... exhibition 'Women and War', a deeply moving account of women's involvement in all aspects of conflict, from fighting to digging for victory, and from entertaining the troops to protesting. The display starts with a quick march chronologically through the martial ...