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How to start an allotment during WW1

Diagram in The Sphere advising readers how to start work on a raw piece of ground in order to create an allotment. The Food Production Department was keen to get around 500, 000 allotments in progress as a move towards providing food for the nation due to shortages during the First World War

Picture No
10825261
Media ID
46104447
Size
5400px x 3358px (1.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by G. Bron in The Sphere, 2 March 1918
Date
1918

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