The Land Girl Covers: December
To end the year, we start not with a drawing on the front page of The Land Girl, but quite unusually – a photograph! The front page photo of the December 1942 edition...
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‘The Land Girl’ Covers: March
Isobel Mount, member of the Scottish WLA, drew this special design for the final edition of The Land Girl magazine, published in March 1947. This was the end of an era for the publication, with...
Interview with Scottish Land Girl veteran Mona K McLeod
Mona K McLeod was just 17 years old when she joined the Women’s Land Army. In this interview for the BBC, Mona discusses how the war diverted her from applying to study at Cambridge...
WW2 Photo: Land Girls in Rosskean Hostel, Invergordon Ross-shire
The ladies in the picture are: Lena Killpatrick (my mother from Glasgow) Nan Thompson Elgin Joan Bissit (Glasgow) Mary Cullen (Glasgow) Getta M’canns (up north) Jean Sanderson (Edinburgh) Irene (Glasgow) Jackie (Aberdeen)...
March: Land Girls and Lumber Jills on bikes
Bicycles, which were often used as transport from the girls’ accommodation to the farms were vital, once they got to know their way around the country lanes. Having your own (or a WLA bicycle)...
Merry Christmas!
Wishing a very Merry Christmas to all!
WW2 Article: The story of Jennette H. Foley, a Land Girl in Scotland
I joined the Women’s Land Army. Our jobs were to work on the farms. The Women’s Land Army, I thought was so glamorous to join — and then I never worked so hard in...