Fighting U-Boats in a London Back Garden 1918, 1918

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Very short inspirational piece demonstrating the amount of vegetables which can be grown in a back garden in central London, 1918. A grandmother works hoeing the vegetable patch in a working-class ...

Very short inspirational piece demonstrating the amount of vegetables which can be grown in a back garden in central London, 1918. A grandmother works hoeing the vegetable patch in a working-class yard, which provides the daily vegetables for a family of five. A small child helps to water the garden. The grandmother, a "private in the civilian army", displays for the camera the turnips she has grown in the yard.

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