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Digging for Victory
Twigs Way
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Description for Digging for Victory
Hardcover. Digging for VictoryA" tells the story of Homefront gardens & gardening during the Second World War. Using contemporary photographs and ephemera this meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated account covers the role and fate of both the 'ordinary' garden as well as the larger gardens and estates. Num Pages: 216 pages, colour and monochrome photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; HBLW; HBWQ; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 207 x 26. Weight in Grams: 984.
Beans as bullets', 'Vegetables for Victory' and 'Cloches against Hitler': these slogans convey just how vital gardening and growing food were to the British war effort during the Second World War. Exhorted to 'Grow More Food', then to 'Dig for Victory', Britain's 'allotment army' was soon out in force, growing as many vegetables as possible in suburban allotments, private gardens, even the grounds of stately homes. Richly illustrated with contemporary photographs and ephemera relating to the 'Dig For Victory' campaign, this expertly researched, highly engaging and informative account also includes archive images of home front gardening, garden produce and advertisements. ... Read more
Beans as bullets', 'Vegetables for Victory' and 'Cloches against Hitler': these slogans convey just how vital gardening and growing food were to the British war effort during the Second World War. Exhorted to 'Grow More Food', then to 'Dig for Victory', Britain's 'allotment army' was soon out in force, growing as many vegetables as possible in suburban allotments, private gardens, even the grounds of stately homes. Richly illustrated with contemporary photographs and ephemera relating to the 'Dig For Victory' campaign, this expertly researched, highly engaging and informative account also includes archive images of home front gardening, garden produce and advertisements. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sabrestorm Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Kent, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780955272370
SKU
V9780955272370
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About Twigs Way
Twigs Way is a professional garden historian, author and freelance lecturer, whose credits include Channel Four's 'Lost Gardens' and, for Sabrestorm Publishing, the Allotment & Garden Guide: A monthly guide to better wartime gardening". Mike Brown was Head of History in a London School and is an author, broadcaster and authority on the fashions of the forties and fifties. He ... Read more
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