Cherish

Land Girls, Cars & Trucks

WW2 Poem: I used to work in an office and someone called me Balmy

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Benevolent Fund / Running the WLA

Running the WLA: Fields, Forests, and Fundraising

Zeita Trott, aged 17, in her new land girl uniform in the summer of 1942 when she joined the Women's Land Army [WLA] in Bedfordshire. She was based at Bolnhurst hostel in the north of the county and travelled out in mobile gangs each day to work on local farms. She left on medical grounds in 1945 after injury at work. She later married and became Mrs Holes.

Land Girl Zeita Holes featured on BBC Countryfile, 19th July 2019

The Girl With the Tractor

Latest News / Photos (WW2)

The ‘Picture Post’ cover girl who won Dutch soldier’s heart

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Running the WLA

Running the WLA: Land Girl Welfare

The Women’s Land Army: Formed 80 Years Ago Today

Nellie Wright in 1918

WW1 Land Girl Profiles / WW1 Land Girls

Nellie Wright

Land Girls At Pluckley

Land Girls at Pluckley

WW2 Land Girl: Barbara Jones

Land Girls who worked at The Knowles, Kent

WW2 Poem: ‘Today, I gather from the orchard grass’