General Information First Name(s): Elizabeth Jane Unmarried Surname: Steel Married Surname: Hall Date of Birth: 28th October 1900 Date of Death: 28th September 1948 General Information Elizabeth was the youngest daughter of George Steel (1865-1949) and...
I used to work in an office and someone called me Balmy When eighteen months ago or so I joined the blinkin’ Land Army. There really is a lot to learn and I am...
Some Land Girls and Lumber Jills became prolific fundraisers. Their aim: to raise money for the Women’s Land Army Benevolent Fund and County Welfare Funds. These funds were set up largely to support women...
![Zeita Trott, aged 17, in her new land girl uniform in the summer of 1942 when she joined the Women's Land Army [WLA] in Bedfordshire. She was based at Bolnhurst hostel in the north of the county and travelled out in mobile gangs each day to work on local farms. She left on medical grounds in 1945 after injury at work. She later married and became Mrs Holes.](https://www.womenslandarmy.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/zeita_trott.jpg)
Click the image above to watch the episode and scroll to 47:58 to watch Zeita’s interview. John Craven visits the secluded estate of Luton Hoo, where the walled garden and the estate’s farmland have...
Our last post on running the WLA explored the role of The Land Girl in bringing women together across the country. This month’s post places The Land Girl magazine in the wider context of...
It was 1st June 1939. On the brink of war, the British government re-formed the Women’s Land Army. During the First World War, it took 4 years before the government recognised they desperately needed...
“My wonderful Grandmother Miss Nellie Wright (later Mrs Nellie Evans), was born in Wednesbury, West Midlands in August 1899 and served in the Women’s Forestry Service sometime during 1917 and 1918. At first, she...
