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Land-girls dig for victory at an Oxford college A BOOKLET about the gardens of the Oxford college Lady Margaret ..

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 22 June 2000
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1191 | Page: 134 | Tags: none

WEST SUSSEX

... 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- ...

Published: Thursday 22 June 2000
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 18549 | Page: 149 | Tags: none

TIME'S SLOW REBUILDS THE COUNTRY LIFE • JANUARY 25,2001 41 T HE crispy dew crunches underfoot as a watery sun

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 25 January 2001
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 457 | Page: 43 | Tags: none

West Devon Tavistock about SIJ2 miles. Launceston about 11 miles. A period farmhouse with traditional buildings ..

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 25 January 2001
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 10369 | Page: 49 | Tags: none

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

Dig for victory and next year's bumper crop

... Dig for victory and next year's bumper crop HI there. With the changeable weather we have to get jobs done in the garden whenever it is fine, and we do have some beautiful autumn days. You must keep on top of picking up the fallen leaves because they ...

Published: Wednesday 17 October 2001
Newspaper: Morecambe Visitor
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 104 | Page: 42 | Tags: none

Kent

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 03 January 2002
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 11466 | Page: 49 | Tags: none

THE ROCK GARDEN AT POLES

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 03 January 2002
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2005 | Page: 47 | Tags: none

www. fpdsavills.co.uk www. fpdsavills.co.uk GIVING LIFE The British Museum's new gallery Enlightenment: ..

... 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 ...

Published: Thursday 18 December 2003
Newspaper: Country Life
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 22996 | Page: 99 | Tags: none