World War Two Survivors:
The Women's Land Army and Timber Corps
The Women's Land Army and Timber Corps
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The Women's Land Army and Timber Corps |
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A DVD and study pack suitable for Key Stage 3 students studying the Home Front in World War Two.It focuses on:
 ***** NEWSFLASH *****The WLA & TC documentary film made by Beth Hearn Keech has won the Audience Poll Award at the Student Film Awards of the Imperial War Museum. To win the audience award is an indication how the high esteem in which the work of the Land Army and Timber Corps is held. It looks great on the big screen... here are Edith Russell, Doris Jamison, Beth Hearn Keech and Jean Cowley at the award ceremony:
 To purchase the 15 minute DVD and study pack you will need to pay £9.99 by cheque. We are currently making temporary adjustments to the P.O Box address for Quiet Hero Productions. These will be complete in November 2008 so if you wish to make a purchase before then please call 07957370706 to find out how.
A big step forward for the Land GirlsYou may have heard that the much awaited badge in recognition of what they did in the war was announced recently. The BBC said:
A telephone hotline for enquiries about the badge has also been set up which is 08459 335577. Applicants will be asked to supply evidence of their eligibility by submitting an application form. This form is available on the http://www.defra.gov.uk. Then put 'Womens land army badge' into the search box and you will see the link to the information and the application form. Badges will be awarded to members as of 6 December 2007. Badges will not be awarded to spouses or families of deceased members, except where death has occurred after 6 December. Want to know more - you can write to Hilary Benn Secretary of State at Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square , London. SW1P 3JR. For those who are concerned that this is not a medal, the Government cannot award medals, only the Queen can do that. We do not yet know what it will look like nor what it will be made of.
Women's Land ArmyIn 1939, the idea of a Women's Land Army (WLA) was greeted with scorn by the British farming community. It was believed farming was no place for a respectable woman. Yet 11 years later, when the WLA was officially disbanded, the once-sceptical National Farmers' Union wanted to keep it.
World War 2 Survivors: The Women's Land Army and Timber Corps is a DVD and study pack that brings together the contemporary experiences and views of Land Girls with curriculum materials. Interviews were collected during the 60th anniversary celebrations of VE Day. The DVD outlines the context in which these women worked and survived dangers on a regular basis. The material for students studying Key Stage 3 in English Secondary schools on the Home Front in World War Two, lacks relevant material on the role played by women. This DVD and Study Pack will support students' knowledge acquisition by describing what women did in the Land Army and Timber Corps and by explaining the importance of their role to the war effort. The oral testimony is refreshingly told by eye-witnesses. They describe their jobs and the obstacles they overcame. Their common sense and humour help to bring the period to life and testify to the importance of their work. The Study Pack contains information and lesson ideas that will encourage individual study skills, group collaboration and provoke class discussion. Differentiated materials mean it will be suitable for students of different abilities. The materials contain suggestions to encourage knowledge and skills in ICT, maths, geography and history. The Study Pack contains questions that will provoke lively debate among students:
There are many families in England today with someone who was in the Women's Land Army or Timber Corps. For them this DVD offers a medium through which to discuss the importance of the work of their grandmothers, great-grandmothers, aunts, great aunts and cousins.
http://www.thelionspart.co.uk/liliesontheland/wla.html http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/womenslandarmy.html http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk:80/women's_land_army.htm?&0
The Women's Land Army and Timber Corps Veterans are led by Ciss Collins and Mildred Bowden themselves Land Girls from WW2. They were both in active service and risked their lives in order to prevent Britain reaching starvation. The Women's Land Army and Timber Corps Veterans march each year to the Cenotaph to lay a wreath in memory of all those who died in the war and to the work of the women during WW2.
Many land girls are asking for help contacting other land girls. At the moment the Government Department DEFRA holds the fullest list with contact details of 39000 land girls but they are not able to release these. The best we can therefore offer is that you contact Anne and Stuart Olssen who organise the annual reunion and march for the Womens Land Army and Timber Corps at the Cenotaph. They hold a growing list of women who join the march and may be able to help. Please email Stuart on stuart.a.olssen@ukgateway.net or write to Anne Olssen on 21 Southey Way, Larkfield, Aylesford ME20 6TS and tell them who you are trying to find or that you would like to join their mailing list for the reunion.
The WLA & TC veterans should be marching down Whitehall to the Cenotaph on Saturday 10th or 17th October 2009. If you are a retired Land Girl or Timber Corps veteran and wish to join the march, write to Anne Olssen 21 Southey Way, Larkefield, Aylesford ME20 6TS. It will start about 11.45am. There is a service at the Cenotaph followed by lunch at Westminster School (which you have to pay for and which is ticketted - the 2008 price was £12 as a guide). To find out about the 2009 annual Women's Land Army reunion at the Brenzett Aeronautical Museum in Kent contact June Wenborn, Ivychurch Road, Brenzett, Romney Marsh, Kent. TN29 0EE or go to http://www.brenzettaero.co.uk for more information. We expect it to be 15/16th August 2009. There is usually a place to meet and chat with other land girls and a free tour of the land girls section of the museum. There is a unique exhibition of art representing the Land Army at St Barbe Museum New Street Lymington Hampshire SO41 9BH http://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk on until 10th January 2009. This includes talks about the WLA in November and December, so do get in touch if you want to know more 01590 676969. If you would like to add information about events to this site please e-mail us.
e-mail address: womenslandarmy@googlemail.com
To purchase the 15 minute DVD and study pack you will need to pay £9.99 by cheque. We are currently making temporary adjustments to the P.O Box address for Quiet Hero Productions. These will be complete in November 2008 so if you wish to make a purchase before then please call 07957370706 to find out how. All surpluses are shared between the Women's Land Army and Timber Corps activities and further educational products by Quiet Hero Productions.
The copyright of all materials belongs to Quiet Hero Productions. Unauthorised copying, hiring, public display and broadcast are prohibited without the permission of Quiet Hero Productions. The only exception is the use of the purchased DVD for use by teachers within an educational establishment.
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