The role of a district representative was an unpaid, part-time volunteer role. Over 3,000 women worked as ‘local reps’. They visited Land Girls on a regular basis, attempting to establish a personal relationship with...
Following this month’s focus on the WLA in Buckinghamshire, WLA historian Stuart Antrobus, has kindly compiled a list of WLA hostels in the county. If you have any more information to add to the list, then please get in touch.
General Information First Name(s): Jessie Rose Unmarried Surname: McLaren Married Surname: Woolhead Date of Birth: 9/12/1929 Place of Birth: London Date Joined WLA: 12/5/1947 Date Left WLA: 1/9/1949 Employment Worked for County War Agricultural Committee, from May...
General Information First Name(s): Emma Unmarried Surname: Chapman Married Surname: Hayfield Date of Birth: 1/11/1920 Place of Birth: Long Marston, Tring, Hertfordshire Date Joined WLA: 15 August 1941 [?] Date left: 25 March 1946 Employment Worked for Horace Patterson, The...
General Information First Name(s): Rose Violet Unmarried Surname: Dixon Married Surname: Rogers Date of Birth: 22/10/1922 Place of Birth: Bermondsey, London Date Joined WLA: 11/1941 Date Left WLA: 9/1945 Employment Worked at Home Farm, Steeple Claydon (private)& Buckingham Machinery Depot...
I’m Prudence, the girl with the ploughI work on a farm down in BucksI love all the hens and the lambs and the cowAnd I think that the ducks are just ducks –I wouldn’t...
To mark the start of every month in 2020, Stuart Antrobus and I will be sharing 5 carefully selected sources to tell the story of the Women’s Land Army in a county. We want...
A First World War Land Girl at work with a motor plough on Sir Arthur Lee’s estate, Chequers Court – the house of Prime Ministers. Source: Catherine Procter Collection
While there is a lot of information on hostels run by the WLA, there is much less on hostels run by the YWCA. As one of the purposes of this monthly series is to highlight previously-neglected aspects of the running of the WLA, the YWCA’s involvement seems appropriate to explore.
In 1942, shop assistant Madeline Olive Thornewill joined the Women’s Land Army. She was 20 years old and lived in Newhall, near Burton-on-Trent. She remained in the WLA for 7 years, working in Buckinghamshire....