World War II and Dig for Victory
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A reminiscence by Charlotte Tate taken from the Quinton Local History Society.
“Posters appeared around Quinton telling us to "Dig for Victory", to encourage people to produce as much food as possible themselves. All over Quinton allotments sprang up wherever there was spare land . . .
My father had one of these pieces of land where vegetables and salad stuffs were cultivated. Like many Quintonians we had a big garden as well as an allotment. My father grew potatoes, cabbage, sprouts, leeks, peas, beans and celery. When the potatoes were harvested he would dig out a big, straw lined bury in which to store potatoes for the winter. One could never be certain, in those times, that food of any sort would be plentiful in the shops. My mother would preserve the beans in salt inside screw top jars. Apples were carefully wrapped in tissue paper and laid on a bed of straw in a cool dry place to keep as long as possible.”
