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Title: The Wartime Garden Condition: New EAN: 9781784420086 ISBN: 9781784420086 Publisher: Shire Publications Format: Paperback Release Date: 10/02/2015 Item Height: 210mm Item Length: 149mm Item Weight: 151g Author: Twigs Way Language: English Subtitle: Digging for Victory ISBN-10: 1784420085 Description: ‘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 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 allotments. Vegetables ruled the airwaves with Mr Middleton’s ‘In Your Garden’ whilst Home Guard potatoes became the favourites of the Kitchen Front. This is a fully illustrated look at the time when gardening saved Britain. Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Genre: History Book Series: Shire Library Topic: Military History, Home Garden & Pets Release Year: 2015
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