Memories of the Land Girl Iris Dixon, May – September 1946
In May 1946, Iris Dixon joined the Women’s Land Army. Owing to a poisoned arm, she stayed in the WLA for just 5 months. However in this time, she experienced the joys of wearing...
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‘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...
October: A Night Out and Dancing
From left to right, top to bottom: Land Girls and Lumber Jills, some in uniform, some in mufti, dance with British soldiers at a dance in a large hall, near to their camp...
Happy Bank Holiday Monday!
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Photo from ‘Writing from Wartime Farms’ – 9th July 2017
“Angela is now 92 years old. She was first based in the Land Army at the farm on Romney marshes. It was not a good experience as she was employed by a woman who...
Adrian Bell’s Redisham ‘Writing from Wartime Farms’ – 9th July 2017
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July: Land Girls and Men in Uniform
From left to right, top to bottom: Hope House Land Girls with soldiers. Source: Joan Birchall archive British Land Girls with members of the Women’s Royal Air Force (WAAF) dancing with men of the...
June: Picnics and Fun!
From left to right, top to bottom: Land Girls at the beach. Source: Joan Birchall Photo Archive Wartime picnic, Grace Buckeridge, Ethel Sweenie, ‘Buddy’, Mary Warner and fiancé (?) Scales. Source: Stuart Antrobus Land Girls...
May: Performing!
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....
April: Meal times with Land Girls and Lumber Jills
From left to right, top to bottom: Lumber Jills enjoying a meal in their hostel in Culford Camp in Suffolk. Source: Margaret Elizabeth Sutherland (nee Coldwell) photo collection. Lumber Jills eagerly awaiting their meals...