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The Wartime Garden: Digging for Victory (Shire Library)
The Wartime Garden Digging for Victory - Shire Library Author:Twigs Way 'This War is a Food War'...In 1941 Lord Woolton, Minister for Food, was determined that the Garden Front would save England: 'Dig for Victory' was the slogan, digging for dinner the reality. With food imports dwindling the number of allotments grew, millions opted to 'Spend an Hour with a Hoe' instead of an hour in a queue, and the upper-classes... more » turned lawns, tennis courts and stately gardens over to agriculture. The national diet was transformed, with Swedes grown in the place of oranges and hapless children sucking on carrot lollies; evacuees grew their own meals and bomb-sites sprouted farms; vegetables ruled the airwaves with Mr Middleton's 'In Your Garden'; sweet peas became known as Spitfires and potatoes as Home Guard. This is a fully illustrated look at when gardening saved Britain.« less
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