Date:1944 - 1946 (c.)
Description:The WLA began during the First World War to help combat food shortages and fill the vacancies left by the men who had entered military service. The women who enrolled had the option of working in agriculture, timber cutting or foraging (animal feeds). The girls had to cope with the same work originally undertaken by the men; in agriculture this included muck spreading, hoeing, harvesting operating tractors and farm machinery. The WLA was reorganised in 1938 under the threat of war, and continued to 1950.
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This man, named Poole, was murdered by George Bentley in 1866. The two men stopped ...
Doctor Goss's house at the junction of Stafford Street and Stone Road. It is being ...
Eccleshall Flight of the Stone and District Squadron Air Training Corps.
The King's Arms on Stafford Street was originally named The Unicorn. Its neo-Elizabethan ...
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Image courtesy of: Baker, Jan
Donor ref:J. Baker No., PT00240, img: 2345 (18/2745)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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