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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 ...
... the creation of the famous gardens which bear his name. During the war, much of the park was ploughed as part of the Dig for Victory campaign. Conversion to arable proved successful, and in 1950 a further decision was taken to dispose of the deer herd ...
... on country life, including, for example, stories about evacuation, the difficulties of travel, and the results of the Dig for Victory cam- Hut- paign.-NORMAN LONGMATE, Hutchinson Ltd., 178 Great Portland tree/, London, Wl. ...
... Barrani only thing colLmm way trouble i in the hurry remembered the The WHY Every work surface long gardens Dig for Victory runs they Victory slogan NTRY L I FE, recent issue German tephen Gwynn it due po sibly to when they do not A.A. guns and, dropping ...
... Protection Ltd. JT is now over three years since the Ministry of Agriculture fi rst appealed to the , British public to ''Dig for Victory. '' Jt was an urgent appeal , djnncd into our ears in a spate of public meetings and even, thanks to the B. B. C., in ...
... 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 ...
... as fast as possible. This is the policy represented by the internal drainage boards, an anachronistic survival of the dig for victory era whose bizarre electoral system depends on how much land a farmer owns. These elected bodies continue to call for ...
... again in 1939 this particular line of work increased once more as the Downs were ploughed up in the battle for food. A Dig for Victory poster appeared in the shop among the cardboard advertisements, long since faded and curled by the sun and time, for ...
... the Channel Isles in the econd World War. (The war theme is taken up in a Victory Garden exhibited by the Imperial War Mu eum, complete with air-raid shelter and 'Dig for Victory' vegetables.) anyone thirsting for orchids hould ee M cßeans' new odontoglo ...
... to put some life into 500 cordon apple trees which had been p lanted early in the war in a burst of enthusiasm for the Dig for Victory campaign. Their contribution had not been outstanding; they had certainly produced apples, but large quantities had split ...
... tends to make plants luxuriant in leaf but sappy and prone to disease. : Potash when young-nitrogen During March, Dig for Victory shows are being held all over the north of England and Scotland. M ake sure you attend your local show, as You will ...
... BANVKC jcciicoe MANY A ~- ._., , ~ . / ~ / ENGINES From 1! B.H.P . upwards Look before you leap . . . into action to Dig for Victory and see that your hands are protected against cuts, scratches, and dirt, by wearing ANDY Garden Gloves. Durable and washable ...