‘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...
Some Land Girls and Lumber Jill’s spent some of their free time reading, whether it be books, or the latest edition of The Land Girl magazine. Here, the collage shows how women could read...
Ermanno is looking for information on Marietta, most likely a Land Girl in Skipton who knew his grandfather, Italian Prisoner of War, Congedo Cesare Antonio during the Second World War. Marietta might have been...
Common Ground Theatre present The Lumberjills by Hannah Davies and Tom Cornford. Come to Dalby, The Great Yorkshire Forest, and experience theatre in a beautiful and atmospheric natural setting. The Lumberjills takes place in...
The latest Women’s Land Army publication: Yorkshire Women at War: Story of the Women’s Land Army Hostels by Marion Jefferies. Click on the book cover below to view the book on Amazon.