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12 EVENING MAIL TUESDAY MAY UNDERVALUED and overwork ad the woman’s land army played a crucial part in the Second

... they were determined to show they could work lust well as men they replaced Jean Proctor former land army girt and now chairman of British Women’s Land Army Society says: “At first the farmers were disgusted at the Idea of town girl doing farm work but ...

Published: Tuesday 02 May 1995
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 785 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

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... back to the land It was back to the land for veterans of two world wars who met in the Midlands yesterday. More than 600 former members of the Woman's Land Army were meeting in Evesham to visit an exhibition and meet old colleagues. The ...

Published: Monday 06 August 1979
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 143 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

back to the land

... back to the land It was back to the land for veterans of two world wars who met in the Midlands yesterday. More than 600 former members of the Woman's Land Army were meeting in Evesham to visit an exhibition and meet old colleagues. The ...

Published: Monday 06 August 1979
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 151 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SUNDAY MERCURY SEPTEMBER 10 1989 15 The paper that's making the Midlands brighter Bubbly surprise for cheery ..

... wartime vehicles and more than classic cars Other attractions at Wings and Wheels will include the Annual Toy Fair a Woman’s Land Army Exhibition and a Grand Holiday Draw Admission to the show is J03 for adults and £125 for children and senior citizens ...

Published: Sunday 10 September 1989
Newspaper: Birmingham Weekly Mercury
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 761 | Page: 15 | Tags: none

4 Evening Despatch Friday For VALUE like this C&A EVERY TIME C&A't Tailored 100 JIGGERS and TOPPERS - nlaria °tr

... Hopkins Hoppy” Hoppy left a secretarial job in the South of England to join the Woman's Land Army nine years ago When war ended she did not back to the city but chose siay on the land and when the WLA was disbanded last September she became assistant forewoman ...

Published: Friday 01 June 1951
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 3282 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

`Weeds Grew in Landing Craft' George Dawson Remanded: £125,000 Plot Alleged Army landing craft. said to have ..

... `Weeds Grew in Landing Craft' George Dawson Remanded: £125,000 Plot Alleged Army landing craft. said to have been part of a deal by George Dawson. the dealer. had weeds growing through the bonnets when a woman who put up £25.000 towards their purchase ...

Published: Saturday 13 September 1958
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 589 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

WOMAN KILLED

... WOMAN KILLED A woman was killed and others injured ,as passenger , rushed to escape from an Au . Canada Viscount which made an emergency landing at &pines, Quebec, with one of IL, engines in flameb. The Plane caught fire and was completely POLICE GUARD ...

Published: Tuesday 08 April 1969
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 116 | Page: 31 | Tags: none

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... to reclaim large areas of derelict land. which will be returned to beneficial use again, thereby reducing as far as possible the claim on agricultural land. Housing Changes made to the plan include a switch of land used to provide housing at Leegomery ...

Published: Wednesday 19 August 1970
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 750 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WOMAN'S

... WOMAN'S £13,000 CLAIM FAILS Land Acquired by Mrs. Lucy Cartwright. of Jockey Works, Dudley Hoed. Sedgley, has failed in two claims against Bedsley Urban Council for compensation. totalling Z 13,400. for three pieces of adjoining 'land at Dudley Road, ...

Published: Friday 23 January 1959
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1410 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

The only woman in the Army's expedition of six which sets out next week to make the first compete navigation

... The only woman in the Army's expedition of six which sets out next week to make the first compete navigation of the 2,718 mile Zaire River. She is Nurse Pamela Baker, Tanzania-born and London-based, and she was at the Thames launching yesterday of the ...

Published: Thursday 15 August 1974
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 129 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

woman behind this

... Whybrow's sui study of the interior.. The reference to the expanse of waste land an area which every longs to see rebuilt Tile 'e The sudden reappea ante of the who d Japanese Red Army nearly a attack year since its last kno terrorist Shig4 attack on the Fren ...

Published: Thursday 07 August 1975
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 765 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

2,000 TO STAY IN ARMY

... 2,000 TO STAY IN ARMY National Service Extension About 2.000 National Servicemen. due to leave the Army about April 1. will have received notices by to-day telling them that they are to be retained in the Service for another six months. They will be told ...

Published: Thursday 01 February 1962
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 813 | Page: 30 | Tags: none