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In 1942 the Government brought out a theme 'Dig for Victory' which was intended to encourage everyone to grow their own vegetables.

In our back yard there was a piece of land with a large plum tree - but it never seemed to produce any plums. My brother and myself were encouraged by our parents to dig the land around the tree and to plant vegetables. Our biggest problem, as I recall, was the tree roots, which we had to cut out in order to achieve a good patch of soil. As children we were afraid that the tree would fall down, but that did not happen of course. To our surprise, not only did we have potatoes, beans and the like, from the new garden under the tree but for the first time the branches hung heavy with large 'Denbigh plums'. A good crop resulted from our having pruned the roots of the tree!

In response to the government's call to 'Dig for Victory', the mayor of Denbigh town arranged for prominent gardeners of the town to hold Flower and Vegetable show in the County Hall, Denbigh in summer 1942, with a view to encouraging local people to contribute and to nurture an interest in gardening. This was the launch of the Denbigh Flower show.

I was honoured to be the show day President when the show celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1992, in recognition of my having been secretary of the Flower Show for 40 years.

The show celebrated 63 years on 27th August 2005.

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