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DrJohnH

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Armchair Allotmenteering
« on: September 22, 2017, 19:15:21 »
Recently, I have been reading a book called "Plot 34" by Mark Keenan.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8665674-plot-34

It's an amusing account of ups and downs of a first plot with some side stories/factoids thrown in for good measure.  What other allotment related books/films/TV series have you enjoyed?

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Re: Armchair Allotmenteering
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2017, 07:20:26 »
My life on a hillside allotment by Terry Walton, is well worth a read.
He runs the Radio 2 allotment and can be heard on The Jeremy Vine Show reporting in once a week.
The book is entertaining, not intended as an instruction manual.
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Re: Armchair Allotmenteering
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2017, 21:42:58 »
I loved a film called *Grow Your Own* recently shown again on BBC 2

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Re: Armchair Allotmenteering
« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2017, 08:08:00 »
I love that film Duke.
It makes me laugh and cry and is about so much more than Allotments.
Can't recommend it enough.

DrJohnH

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Re: Armchair Allotmenteering
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2017, 08:21:23 »
I love that film Duke.
It makes me laugh and cry and is about so much more than Allotments.
Can't recommend it enough.
Missed it on BBC iplayer- I'll have to see if I can get a copy on DVD next time I am in the UK.

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Re: Armchair Allotmenteering
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2017, 07:48:18 »
I have the DVD... worth a re-watch every now and then... especially as the committee implodes yet again!

 

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