'Last winter I was so depressed, then I came here one morning and it just went. It's like a little haven, an escape'
Christine McHugh casts her eye over her allotment. Tucked away behind a row of garages off a housing estate in Norden , Rochdale , it's a relatively small plot.
"In times of trouble, we turn to the soil – most obviously during the Second World War, when millions became vegetable gardeners in the Dig For Victory campaign," author and allotment holder Michael Leapman wrote. In Rochdale there's a nine year wait. But in December the council opened its first new allotment in 50 years as part of a bid to double the number of plots in the borough.
Back in Norden, Christine, 77, couldn't agree more. The retired school nurse has had her plot at Moss Row Allotments for around 17 years. "And I just love seeing things grow. I am generally a happy person, but we all have days where you feel a bit low, and this is like a pick me up. You can not feel like coming down, but as soon as you finish a job, it's a sense of achievement."
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