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Women's Land Army Girls, Manure Spreading, Gnosall

Six Women's Land Army girls spreading manure in field. Photographed for Women's Land Army Recruiting Services, at Mr Brown's farm, Brough Hall, Gnosall. The WLA began during the First World War to ...

Women's Land Army Girls, Manure Spreading, Gnosall, (1)

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, ...

Women's Land Army Procession, Stafford

Women's Land Army procession through Stafford, seen here in working uniform on Lichfield Road. Their banners read 'The Nation's Food' and 'God save the King'. They are marching to the Market Square where ...

Women's Land Army Procession, Stafford

Women's Land Army parade on Market Square, Stafford. 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. ...

Women's Land Army, Derby

Grace, a Women's Land Army girl, standing in the doorway of a dairy holding portable milking machines. Photographed for W.S. Evans, Derby Old Hall, Derby. Photographer: Gerald McCann of High Street, ...

Women's Land Army, Grindley, near Uttoxeter

Two Women's Land Army girls with milking equipment about to milk a Friesian cow at Mr L.R. Earp's dairy farm at New Buildings, Grindley, near Uttoxeter. Photographer: Gerald McCann of High Street, ...

Women's Land Army, Rodbaston Farm Institute, Penkridge

Women's Land Army milkers on their way to the dairy at Rodbaston Farm Institute. Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee opened an agricultural training depot. ...

Women's Land Army, Walled Garden, Shugborough

A group of Women's Land Army girls photographed at the Walled Garden, Shugborough. Some were working in the Walled Garden while others would have been employed in agricultural work at Shugborough Park ...

Women's Timber Corps workers, Cannock Chase

Women's Timber Corps forestry workers on Cannock Chase, transplanting young trees. The Women's Timber Corps was set up in 1942 to work in forestry, replacing the men who had been called up to the armed ...

Women's Timber Corps workers, Cannock Chase

Women's Timber Corps forestry workers on Cannock Chase, weeding young trees at Lady Hill nursery. The Women's Timber Corps was set up in 1942 to work in forestry, replacing the men who had been called ...

Women's Timber Corps workers, Cannock Chase

Women's Timber Corps forestry workers on Cannock Chase, stripping side shoots and removing lower branches ('snedding') to let air and light into the plantation. The Women's Timber Corps was set up ...