‘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...
This photograph album, kindly shared by Catherine Procter, charts the journey of Land Girls in Retford, Nottinghamshire. Alongside photographs of women out on the farm, the album also includes postcards from a visit to...
From left to right, top to bottom: Land Girls entertaining the troops at Thundersley Hostel, Essex. Source: Lorna Cosgrove A get together after a day’s training. Versatile Iris Joyce types, farms and also plays....
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...