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Ha ha!Whatever made them think that? as they were for the poor, since their common land was enclosed by wealthy landowners, and provision of plots was encouraged to right this wrong. It was eventually made into law in 1908, so obviously poor people still needed them.https://www.learningwithexperts.com/gardening/blog/the-history-of-allotments
I have noticed over the years that there are a lot of flowers on allotments.