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. If you wish to make a purchase please call 07984306330 to find out how.
A big step forward for the Land GirlsThe much awaited badge in recognition of what the Land Girls did in the war is now available to those who are still alive or to their relatives if the date of death was AFTER 6th December 2007. The BBC said: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 not be awarded to spouses or families of deceased members, where death has occurred before 6th December 2007. Want to know more - you can write to 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.
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 Mildred Bowden herself a Land Girl from WW2. She was in active service and risked her life, like many others, 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. See 'Events' for more information.
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 Stuart Olsson who organises 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.olsson@ukgateway.net or write to Stuart Olsson 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.
RABI is the national charity for the farming community. RABI are able to offer assistance to women who served in the WLA who are in financial need and where there is no other charity that would take precedence over RABI. RABI have helped many such ladies already but are aware that there may be others who do not know they are able to assist. Further information about RABI is on http://www.rabi.org.uk or write to:
The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution,
The WLA & TC veterans will be marching down Whitehall to the Cenotaph on 16th October 2010. If you are a retired Land Girl or Timber Corps veteran and wish to join the march, write to Stuart Olsson 21 Southey Way, Larkfield, 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 2009 price was £14 as a guide). There is no disability access to the dining unfortunately due to the room being 800 years old. To find out about the 2010 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 the second Saturday/Sunday in August 2010. 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. 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. Please call 07984306330 to find out how.
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