| Description | Papers and documents relating to the Second World War Dig for Victory allotments campaign.
Includes: circular letter to rural district councils regarding the War-Time Allotments Campaign 1941/42 from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Sep 1941); copy of the Minister of Agriculture's speech at the launching ceremony of the Dig for Victory campaign, 1941/42, and his Broadcast Talk for the launch (Sep 1941); memorandum to urban and rural district councils regarding the Dig for Victory, 1943, campaign, including a copy of the Minister of Agriculture's speech at the launch of that year's campaign, and three information leaflets for householders about the campaign (March 1943); circular letters to urban and rural district councils from the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, regarding the Dig for Victory campaigns for 1944 and 1945 (Jan 1944 and Mar 1945); poster, printed by the H.M. Stationery Office, about people guarding their allotment plots to stop thieving (c. 1942); poster, printed by the H.M. Stationery Office, advising people to 'Dig for Victory, Now!' |