WW2 Photo: Her first day out with the plough
Source: Catherine Procter Collection ‘Her first day out with the plough’ September 1939. Photograph by John Topham.
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Running the WLA: Rest Break Houses
In June 1944, the WLA in England and Wales set up two Rest Break Houses. Selected Land Girls enjoyed recuperation through paid holidays at a seaside resort after either long service or illness brought...
WW1 Postcard: After the war problems
Source: Catherine Procter Collection A First World War postcard reflecting on the return of men to the land after the war…
WW1 Photo: WLA procession in honour of the King
Source: Catherine Procter Collection A procession of Land Girls marching in honour of the King during the First World War. If anyone knows any more information about this photograph, such as where the procession...
The Farmer’s Idea of a Land Girl
Source: Catherine Procter Collection ‘The Land Girl’s idea of the farmer’, published in Punch on 13th March 1940.
WW2 Photos: Girls Know Their Potatoes
Source: Catherine Procter Collection ‘These hardy members of the Britain’s Women’s Land Army sort potatoes under the watchful eyes of farmers during a recent demonstration of their skill. The girls demonstrated every phase of...
WW2 Photo: Land Girls threshing in Kent
Source: Catherine Procter Collection ‘These English Land Army Girls are running and old fashioned steam engine for the threshing on a farm in Kent. There are more than 25,000 girls in Britain’s Land Army...
Cornwall Women’s Land Army Newsletters
If anyone has other copies of the newsletter which they’d be willing to share online, please get in touch. October 1942 March 1943
WW1 Photo: Land Girl at Chequers
A First World War Land Girl at work with a motor plough on Sir Arthur Lee’s estate, Chequers Court – the house of Prime Ministers. Source: Catherine Procter Collection