Allotments in the UK - Episode 148

An Urban Allotment in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Image: Badics (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Allotments. What are they? Maybe, if you have one or know someone who does, you'll know what one is. They were massive in Britain during the war and are now again on the rise thanks to people who want to grow their own veg to know its safe or even just have a garden that they can't have at home.

If you lived in the UK, would you get an Allotment?