Joan Keylock (née Evans)

General Information

First Name(s): Joan

Unmarried Surname: Evans

Married Surname: Keylock

Date of Birth: 25.9.1925

Date joined WLA: 24.7.1942

Date left: 16.5.1947

WLA number: 93278

Previous occupation: Student

Reactions of local people: Favourable; became a well loved member of the community

Treatment by farmers: Good

Reasons for leaving: De-mobbed probably; but when she finished in May !947, she was pregnant with her first child.

Employment

Worked for a private farmer in Naunton and Winchcombe, Gloucestershire.

Type of work undertaken: In the fields

Best and worst memories of time: Worst memory – assaulted by an ltalian POW, and rescued by other land girls

Life after the war

Did they return back to their pre-war occupation? No.

What was their occupation after the war? Mother and housekeeper for a family

Did they stay on the land? No.

How did work in the WLA effect their life? Came from Lancashire, and married my father, a local Winchcombe man who was in the Royal Navy during WW ll, and never moved back to Lancashire.

Contributor Information

Name: Alan Keylock

Relationship to Land Girl: Son