October Snapshot in 5: Northumberland
This October ‘Snapshot in 5 post’ features the work of the WLA in Northumberland.
1. An introduction to the WLA in Northumberland, using history boards at Wooler Hostel, previously a WLA hostel, now a youth hostel.
Source: Wooler Hostel
2. A poem on threshing by Northumberland Land Girl J.Baker.
Source: The Land Girl, March 1943, p.10.
3. Land Girls reading at Pawston Hostel.
Source: The Land Girl, February 1941, p.13.
4. Dorothy Wilkinson expresses her appreciation for The Land Girl.
Source: The Land Girl, June 1940, p.11
5. Meet a Land Girl of Wooler Hostel – Ruby Fairbairn.
Source: Wooler Hostel
Further information on the WLA in Northumberland
Numbers
Land Girls employed in Northumberland from June 1940 to 1947, calculated from the returns published in The Land Girl magazine.
In June 1940, Northumberland employed 59 Land Girls. By October 1943, 1442 Land Girls worked in the county.
Staff members
Chairman: The Countess Grey, C.B.E, Howick, Alnwick
Secretary: Mrs F.C. Clement Linnel Dene, Hexham.
Memoirs
Muriel Sobo, Land Girls of Northumberland 1940-1950: A Pictorial Record of Their Lives’ Work, 1st Edition (Newcastle upon Tyne: Northern Heritage, 2003).
Find out more
Did you or a member of family work in Northumberland as a Land Girl? If so, then get in touch.
Interested in seeing more material relating to the WLA in Northumberland? Click here or take a look at the archive material below.
