Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire land girls march past Princess Elizabeth down Bedford High Street on 14 February 1946 in a Victory parade

70th Anniversary of Land Girl parade through Bedford, Princess Elizabeth’s first public engagement

Monica Worboys, a Bedfordshire land girl, married American GI, Russell 'Hoots' Hooton, in 1945 and moved to the USA with her husband. She was one of 143 young women who married men from just this one American airfield at the end of the Second World War. This dress was donated to the 306 Bomb Group Museum, Thurleigh Airfield, Bedfordshire by the Hooton family.

Valentine’s Day Special: WW2 Land Girl Wedding Dress

February Ditching Collage

Farming Activity of the Month

February Farming Activity of the Month: Ditching

Land Girl and chicken

Land Girl reminiscence: Early trials on a Bedfordshire farm for a new 1940s land girl – Part 1

Land Girl on Bike Source:

Land Girl reminiscence: Early trials on a Bedfordshire farm for a new 1940s land girl – Part 2

January Milking Collage

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January Farming Activity of the Month: Milking

Land Girl Iris Joyce leads a bull at a farm somewhere in Britain. Source: IWM

Land Girl reminiscence: “Now my gel, take Freddy the bull to the next farm”

Researching the history of the Women's Land Army

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The joys of getting side-tracked in historical research

Ruth Hendry Welfare Officer for land girls in Bedfordshire, 1918-1919

Ruth Hendry Welfare Officer for land girls in Bedfordshire, 1918-1919

Florence Hampshier Courtesy of Joyce Evelyn Wright

WW1 Land Girl Profiles / WW1 Land Girls

Florence Hampshier