Women's Land Army Girl with Bull, Grindley
A Women's Land Army girl leading a British Friesian Bull at New Buildings Farm.
The WLA began during the First World War to help combat food shortages and fill the vacancies left by the men who had ...
Women's Land Army girl with heifer, Adbaston
Women's Land Army girl, Miss Beryl Collins, standing next to a hand reared British Friesian heifer at Mr Mr T. Rowland Ball's farm at The Wood, Adbaston.
The WLA began during the First World War to ...
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, ...
Wood avens, or Geum urbanum
This so-called "blessed herb," also known as "avens" or "herb bennet," is a perennial found in woods and shady hedgerows.
Flowering between May and August, it can grow to a height of 60cm.
This ...
Wootton Hall, near Ellastone
Wootton Hall, near Ellastone, was a large stone house originally built for the Davenport family which was extensively rebuilt in about 1837. Jean Jacques Rousseau stayed here for a year in 1766. It was ...
Wootton Hall, near Ellastone
Wootton Hall, near Ellastone, was a large stone house originally built for the Davenport family which was extensively rebuilt in about 1837. Jean Jacques Rousseau stayed here for a year in 1766. It was ...
Wootton Lodge, near Ellastone
Wootton Lodge was built as a hunting lodge by Sir Richard Fleetwood between about 1580 and 1610. It was badly damaged during the Civil War and much of the interior was restored in about 1700. Sir Oswald ...
Workers resting at Fox Cottage Farm, Pattingham
Pictured are Jim Marley, Bev Bentley, Charlie Law and Charlie Hopcutt.
Working Horses, Endon
This is colour footage from the early 1960s. It’s at Endon, near Leek. You can see that what is being cut are reeds – probably for making thatch. The interesting thing about the film is that not only ...
Wynterdyne Farm, Tamworth
A general view of Winterdyne Farm, Tamworth. At the time of this photograph the farm was owned by Mr A.W. Macnamara.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, photographer of High Street, Uttoxeter.