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VJ Bedfordshire Celebrations Bedfordshire Times. Courtesy of Stuart Antrobus

Latest News / Photos (WW2)

Special Photo of the Month: Land Girls celebrate Victory over Japan Day on 15 August 1945

Women's Land Army Exhibition at 306 Bombardment Group Museum

Latest News

WLA Exhibition at 306 Bombardment Group Museum

Myra Griffths crowned May Day Queen in 1945. Courtesy of Stuart Antrobus.

Photos (WW2) / WW2 Land Girls

WW2 Photo: May Queen Event – 26/05/1945

A group of Bedfordshire land girls who joined the crowds celebrating the VE Day radio announcement at 3pm in St Paul's Square, Bedford, 8 May 1945. 'Victory in Europe [VE] Day' marked the end of the Second World War in Europe. The Allies continued fighting in Japan in the Far East until VJ Day [Victory over Japan] on 15 August 1945. Source: Bedfordshire Times. Courtesy of Stuart

Photos (WW2)

Land Girls Celebrating VE Day

Britain's First Land Girl May Queen - Audrey 'Peggy' Clarke - 1 May 1944 Courtesy of Stuart Antrobus.

Photos (WW2)

May Photo Of The Month – Britain’s First Land Girl May Queen

FOR A HEALTHY, HAPPY JOB - JOIN THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY (Art.IWM PST 6078) image: a young woman, wearing the Land Army uniform, stands with a pitchfork in her left hand and holds her jacket in her right. She surveys a field of wheat. Copyright: � IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/36790

Interviews (WW2) / WW2 Land Girls

WW2 Oral History Interview: Joining The Women’s Land Army

Former Bedfordshire land girl celebrates her 90th birthday

WW2 Land Girls

Former Bedfordshire land girl celebrates her 90th birthday

Post WW2 Photo: Land Girls planning to combat infestation of Colorado beetles

Post World War Two

Post WW2 Photo: Land Girls planning to combat infestation of Colorado beetles

Maud Pretoria Bird

WW1 Land Girl Profiles / WW1 Land Girls

Maud Pretoria Bird

WW1 Article: Bedfordshire’s Women’s Land Army During the First World War

Articles (WW1)

WW1 Article: Bedfordshire’s Women’s Land Army During the First World War

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