Mr Middleton, wartime gardening guru
Cecil Henry Middleton (1886 - 1945), British gardener, writer and one of the earliest radio and television broadcasters on gardening for the BBC. Middleton broadcast in Britain during the 1930s and 40s, especially in relation to the "Dig for Victory" campaign during the Second World War. Many of his wartime talks appeared also in print. He was widely known simply as "Mr. Middleton."
Picture No
14150068
Media ID
48876916
Size
460px x 600px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sketch', 3 May 1944, page 239
Date
1944
