Date:1939 - 1945 (c.)
Description:This poster shows the type of crops to plant, and the yearly rotation. During World War Two the Dig for Victory campaign encouraged people to transform gardens, parks and sports fields into allotments to grow vegetables. People also kept their own livestock ,chickens, rabbits and goats. Pig clubs were set up and about 6000 pigs were raised in gardens.
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Watercolour shows Stafford and the River Sow during the late medieval period. The ...
George Legge, 3rd Earl and 5th Baron of Dartmouth (1755-1810). He was born at Sandwell ...
A motor car with three women passengers dressed in typical Edwardian motoring outfits ...
Committee members of Stafford Amateur Garden and Horticultural Committee pictured ...
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Donor ref:D4111-J-18 (201/28441)
Source: Staffordshire County Record Office
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