A bit of allotment history
by Diane - March 22nd, 2012.Filed under: allotment.
On Saturday, June 2, residents will be invited to step back in time to the 1950s on the Preston Village allotment site.
The event will include gardeners in 1950s work clothes; plots using principles from the era; 1950s gardening and allotment artefacts including tools, posters, gardening books and seed catalogues; and music.
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The allotment is on the Monkswood Estate, opposite North Shields RFC playing fields.