A man from Hampshire is travelling 893 miles on his WWII tractor in memory of his mother, Mary Bartlett, who died from brain ...

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which is all about the Second World War and has an Anderson Shelter and a dig for Victory garden. "We turned the street into a street party for visitors, with all the bunting going up and ...

The stunning backdrop of Our Lady of Lourdes RC church in Uxbridge Street provided the alternative venue for the annual celebration. With a grotto and a church building, which itself dates back ...

haricot and tomato pie The Dig For Victory movement promoted home growing of haricot beans, and Heinz Baked Beans were even classified as "essential" by the Ministry of Food in Britain during the ...

Households were encouraged to ‘Dig for Victory’ with gardens made into mini allotments for fruit and vegetables. Chicken and rabbits were reared for food and in some cases, goats and pigs.

The Government’s ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign encouraged every patch of ground to be cultivated, and the initiative saw Queens University, Golf Clubs, Stormont Estate, and even Wallace Park, Lisburn, ...

Phrases such as 'Make Do and Mend' or 'Dig for Victory' became ubiquitous across Britain during World War Two as a shortage of supplies on the home front meant that living with limited resources ...

The four-course meal will have a "Dig for Victory" theme, using produce from the venue's own gardens and local farmers. It will be accompanied by live music from York's Celebration Singers.

Visitors can learn about wartime efforts such as Dig for Victory and Make Do and Mend, initiatives that encouraged people to grow their own food and repair clothes due to ongoing rationing.

whether on the home front or deployed overseas The London fortress also did its bit by joining the wartime government’s Dig for Victory campaign to grow fruit and vegetables. Its moat was dug up ...