‘The Land Girl’ Covers: January
To mark the first day of every month in 2018, we will be looking at a range of illustrations which Land Girls themselves drew and sent in for The Land Girl magazine. Not only were...
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Dorothy’s WLA Journey 5: VE Day and Disbandment
This series of posts charts Dorothy Clayden’s time in the Women’s Land Army form 1942 to 1946. This final post in our series brings together some documents concerning VE Day and the end of...
Dorothy’s WLA Journey 4: ‘Lady-Killer of Vermin’
This series of posts charts Dorothy Clayden’s time in the Women’s Land Army form 1942 to 1946. This fourth looks at Dorothy’s transfer to Pest Destruction in Shrewsbury in 1944. Here, she was issued...
Dorothy’s WLA Journey 3: First billet in Shropshire
This series of posts charts Dorothy Clayden’s time in the Women’s Land Army form 1942 to 1946. This third looks at Dorothy’s first billet in Shropshire. We don’t have as many documents on this...
WW2 Shropshire Recruitment Poster
Women’s Land Army (Shropsire) Recruitment Poster This information comes from the late Shropshire historian Rachel Brenda Lees.