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'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.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139781784420086
eBay Product ID (ePID)213220774
Product Key Features
Number of Pages64 Pages
Publication NameThe Wartime Garden: Digging for Victory
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2015
TypeTextbook
AuthorTwigs Way
SeriesShire Library
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height210 mm
Item Weight151 g
Item Width149 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorTwigs Way
TopicMind, Gardening
