![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...
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...
This Christmas, I’m asking website supporters whether you’d consider contributing towards the purchase of a Fujitsu Scansnap SV600 overhead scanner. This scanner would allow me to scan in documents at a faster rate and...
Head over to the ITV Hub to watch the fourth episode of Emmerdale 1918. Natalie J Robb, who plays farmer Moira Dingle, traces the story of remarkable Yorkshire city girl who led the way in...
Set in the Midlands during WW2 a young Birmingham girl is enlisted into the Women’s Land Army by her mother, who fears for her safety knowing that the city will be targeted by German...
20 April 1918: On this day in 1918, the Women’s Land Army held a rally in London, while in Folkestone, Alice’s life hits a new low. Click here, or on the image above, to...
Click here, or on the image above, to watch an episode of Heir Hunters, which features a Land Girl veteran sharing memories of her wartime service. Skip to the last 10 minutes to see...
I am honoured and delighted to announce that I have received the first Royal Historical Society Undergraduate Public History Prize for my work on the Women’s Land Army and Women’s Timber Corps. The prize,...
