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... Youngsters get digging for victory rhis solemn faced group of youngsters did their bit to help Bookham Village cope with food shortages Vsduring the first world war They are pictured right with spades and hoes getting ready to dig for victory Photograph lent ...
... permitted to be used for allotment purposes in view of the instructions received from the Government direct that they should “dig for victory” and increase food production. The Clerk (Mr. P. H. Wiltshire) replied that the Council had delegated to the Allotments ...
... often consisted of roast rabbit Allotments were highly popular to grow your own vegetables and everyone was encouraged to dig for victory When you could get eggs they came in wooden boxes and the taste was often vile Better was the American dried egg powder ...
... FURNISHERS REDHILL - the war effort The Mirror’s gardening correspondent Roy Hay headed his column for January 24 1941 “Dig for Victory -preparing for the spring offensive” Merchant ships bringing imported foods were a target for enemy destroyers and it ...
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... carried out by the men who had gone off to war Out in all weathers digging vegetables building haystacks working with stock and clearing the land in answer the call to Dig for Victory Known as “Dawson’s Darlings after their fatherly supervisor they ...
... could rely on the Council to take steps to get further land. Mr. E. Barden said the district was taking up the slogan “Dig for Victory” very Well. The St. Mary’s road plots were all taken and one-third of the plots at Highlands-road had gone. In Fetcham ...
... Red Lion We came to a pretty quiet town but then’ ment on the now Waterfields estate where everyone was encouraged to “Dig for Victory” We grew all our vegetables and potatoes which helped with the rationing Now rationing was quite a headache — how far ...
... Leatherhead opened up its basement and the Old Cottage Hospital had an Anderson shelter in the grounds As part of the Dig for Victory campaign the girls grew vegetables after an allotment was made on a patch of waste land behind the canteen The girls helped ...
... turn revealed that in the second world war this particular part of the wood had become a small clearing to support the “Dig for Victory” campaig Another instance from the same area relates to changes in land use: heathland was originally made by man probably ...
... Special competition classes in the show had been devised including a victory table decoration “Dig for Victory best cropped garden a rationed lunch photographs crafts and a children's victory poster Among the prize winners was Mary Dennis who carried off five ...
... capture has yet been made 1940 (50 yean ago): Leatherhead and district has done well in responding to the appeal to “Dig for Victory” Apart from the cost this change will disrupt pupils teachers and schools and bring about unecessary closures all at time ...