Allotment decline
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By 1965 allotment numbers were down to 729,000 with many idle plots in poor condition. Local Birmingham Councillor John Silk: ‘Now that “Digging for Victory” is a slogan of the past, the traditional and Victorian ideas of allotments which are still clinging to us, should be looked at afresh. And we should be prepared for a change which will be of advantage not only to the allotment holders and their family, but to the city as a whole’
Article location: ‘Allotments in the 1970s’ 22/7/1967 in Newspaper Cuttings, Allotments 17/10/1965 to 12/06/1909.
Image 'Sandwell Road'.Location: Recreation and Community Services/Box 18/8
