‘At headquarters she was a number’, at the local level… ‘she becomes an individual’. ‘She is no longer W.L.A. No. 657085, she is Betty or Madge’. Vita Sackville-West, ‘Women’s Land Army’, p.15. The transformation...
Violet May Edwards (nee Budd) was born on 22nd February 1929 in Winchmore Hill, North London. After working in toy, sweet, and metal box factories, as well as in a green grocers and as...
From left to right, top to bottom: The last but one Christmas party to be held at the WLA hostel, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, December 1948. The hostel closed in around September 1950. The two...
Explore the photo… How many women are there in one room? What are they all doing? What clothes are they wearing? What does their body language reveal?
General Information First Name(s): Marjorie Unmarried Surname: Haigh Date of Birth: 27/09/1901 Place of Birth: Sheffield Date Joined WLA: 1943 Life After War Return to pre-war occupation: No Stayed on the land: No Further Information Previous occupation before WLA / WTC: Steelworks...