Nearly 100 years ago gardening was on the school timetable!
The school garden was in the top yard.
| During the First and Second World Wars the garden was used to grow food which was in short supply. In 1940 everyone was encouraged to grow food if they could. The government told everyone to 'Dig for Victory'. |
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Government poster from 1940 |
Entries in the school logbook:
1908
| April 28th | “...cottage gardening …4 lessons each week…8 boys to each
lesson... Various vegetables will be cultivated." |
1940
| April 19th | "...spent the afternoon on the cottage garden site, regarding school gardening, practical and theoretical, and discussed the programme we intend to carry out for the 'Dig for Victory' campaign." |
