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Tomato talk There's no doubt about it — tomatoes you grow your , . • taste best, and they're a

... Ministry of Age culture Dig for Victory leaflet No. s - Tomato Growing and resk • ' to follow its simple instructions. To Ministry of Agriculture (Dept. W.D.Q.), Beni Court Hotel. St. Anne's-on-Sea, Lancs. Please send me Dig for Victory No. ft — Tomato ...

Published: Friday 19 May 1944
Newspaper: Reading Standard
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 141 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

10. FOOD RATIONS-- In 1941 people queued for oranges which were ,on sale in Market Place, Reading

... people queued for oranges which were ,on sale in Market Place, Reading Because of theshortages, people were encouraged to Dig for Victory and grow their own vegetables. Nationwide, the amount of land cultivated increased by 50 per cent. A posidve result of ...

Published: Friday 18 November 1994
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 154 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

NOT GOING TO THE DOGS

... Racing Stadium has been placed by the management at the disposal of the staff, who are growing vegetables on it as their Dig for Victory effort. ...

Published: Friday 24 July 1942
Newspaper: Reading Standard
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 37 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SEEDS FOR VETERAN

... new allotments or plots previously cultivated by wen now in the righting eareiCeti. states the htinietry of Agriculture Dig for Victory Neva. ...

Published: Friday 17 April 1942
Newspaper: Reading Standard
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 45 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

SPEEDING THE PLOUGH SOME OLD CUSTOMS RECALLED

... SPEEDING THE PLOUGH SOME OLD CUSTOMS RECALLED DIG FOR VICTORY The fact that the nation is being urged to grow more food in war-time, to dig for victory, adds special interest to the many old customs associated with Plough Monday, which falls on January ...

Published: Friday 29 December 1939
Newspaper: Reading Standard
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 233 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SAVER IT:

... scrap of J paper saved helps to speed up lwar production. Save it! •:. •:. •:• DIGGING FOR VICTORY 1 One way of helping to win thel war is to dig for it—to dig for . victory. Councillor T. H. Saunders, chairman of the Reading , Allotments ...

Published: Friday 21 January 1944
Newspaper: Reading Standard
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 242 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ALLOT:tENTS AIPPEAL

... the chairman. 'Councillor T. H. BAUNDInt6. again appealed to 11 embers of the publie to apply for plots of ground and dig for victory. dince his appeal at the /eat meeting had been only 10 applications, which was very he said. ...

Published: Friday 06 March 1942
Newspaper: Reading Standard
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 52 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

GROWING MORE FOOD

... chairman of the Allotments Committee of the Town Council (Alderman T. Mason) had asked him to my a word In regard to the Dig for Victory campaign. In response to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries' appeal, odd Counclllor Mcllroy. the Corporation ...

Published: Friday 13 October 1939
Newspaper: Reading Standard
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 161 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

A WIDN'S GAIT

... from potatoes, which lasted until Christmas. Thl, WOMILII 'pardoner tribute to the Ministry's coloured cropping plan. Dig for Victory Leaflet No, 1, which she followed carefully. ...

Published: Friday 24 April 1942
Newspaper: Reading Standard
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 72 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

UR43LNT MATTER

... MATTER The urgency of the matter was due to the fact that the Dig for Victory effort would start on February 26. As the Minister of Agriculture had said, they had to fight the 11-Boat menace.l If they could grow more and still more food locally they ...

Published: Friday 14 February 1941
Newspaper: Reading Standard
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 326 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

FEATURE Haunted gardens, vanishing gardens, allotments and therapy prc

... allotments and therapy prc *. .4 ..- ' • .',. . • • t; 11 • . 7 Reading • , ' Great place! Great paper! 1 , 4 • _l. DIG FOR VICTORY - Joan Head has been putting her energies into Reacting allotments for 30 years V GUIDING LIGHT - The scented memorial ...

Published: Wednesday 15 October 1997
Newspaper: Reading Evening Post
County: Berkshire, England
Type: | Words: 91 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

LOCAL REPORTS

... Motorist Acquitted 6 A.R.P. Expenditure 6 j, Church School Ceremony . 8 Control Committee Meeting at 'okingh am 8 “ Dig for Victory Campaign 8 *l Defence in Reading 8 *h>ier Hall, Reading, Share-out Club .. 16 °odley Infant Welfare Centre Opened.. 16 ...

Published: Saturday 14 October 1939
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 83 | Page: 9 | Tags: none