At the time two-thirds of British food was imported by ship, meaning supplies were ... Scroll down for video The ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign was set up during WWII by the British Ministry ...

It is 80 years since the Dig for Victory campaign ... Hillary Haston: "My father, Alexander Hay, putting the spade in for the first time in a new allotment plot, near Edinburgh Royal Infirmary." ...

“Dig for Victory” was the hugely successful propaganda ... In the 1930s 75 per cent of pre-war Britain’s food was imported by ship and the German U-boat blockade threatened the home front ...

Digging graves is no easy matter, especially at this time of the year when the ground is rock hard. The only MP I ever saw with a spade or a shovel in their hands, were those on a photo-shoot ...

It was Blue Peter gardener Percy Thrower who inspired a young Diarmuid Gavin to pick up a spade and get digging ... But they come down here and dig for victory.” Another beneficiary was ...

People may not be “digging for victory” but they are certainly digging ... they’ll hire a rotavator or reach for a spade and simply dig the existing grass in. Wrong. It just regrows through ...

With German U-boats posing an increasing threat to merchant ships bringing ... and shells.’ Dig for Victory was a battle that everyone, including The Little Man with the Spade, could fight ...

It is 80 years since the Dig for Victory campaign ... Hillary Haston Hillary Haston: "My father, Alexander Hay, putting the spade in for the first time in a new allotment plot, near Edinburgh ...