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Ruby Ella List was living at Hill Crest, Tuddenham and driving a bakery van for Bowman's Bakery in Ipswich when she enrolled in the East...

The front of Blomvyle Hall . Blomvyle Hall was the first WLA hostel to be opened in East Suffolk. It opened in January 1942 and was...

Well here we are just bumping nicely into a new year, so it’s an opportune moment to take a bit of a look back at what we did in 2024.

Ethel was born on 28th June 1915 and enrolled in the Women's Land Army in Barnsley, West Yorks in April 1942. She was working as a window...

This August we paid tribute to the gals who broke ground in the Great War in Suffolk taking part in a 1918 recreation event called ‘Bringing

Muriel May Potter (nee Parker) or Mick as she was always known to her pals, enrolled in the Women's Land Army on July 15th, 1943. She was li

Sunday 9th June 2024 was a jam-packed afternoon with exhibition, displays, Suffolk Punches, tractors, living history and of course cake!

And so we draw to a close our observation of Women's History Month by featuring another land girl legend - the wonderful Paddy Reed who...

Step back in time and experience a glimpse of the Land Girls’ daily lives during WW2, co-hosted by the Barrow Benefice and The Suffolk...

Pamela Joan Squirrell (nee Heath) enrolled in the Women's Land Army on September 4th, 1944 at the age of seventeen. She was living on...

Annie Elizabeth Catchpole (nee Tooley) was born in Dudley on January 30th 1922 and subsequently moved to London to live with her uncle...

Barrow Primary School near Bury St Edmunds is paying tribute to the Women’s Land Army for Remembrance Day by welcoming a Suffolk Punch horse

Patricia Foulger (nee Keeble) was living at Moat Farm, Wetheringsett when she enrolled in the Women’s Land Army at the age of 19 on March...

A jolly weekend of camaraderie, hilarious team games and a poignant Drum Head Servive parade took place at The Suffolk Military Show in...

Lily Foulger nee Smith was born in Butley in 1927. Her first job was working for the Governor of the Boys Borstal at Hollesley Bay. She...

Dora Abel (nee Finbow) recounts her time in the Women's Land Army in various locations in East Suffolk and meeting her future GI husband,...

Olive is proudly wearing her land army uniform with her RAF sweetheart brooch pinned to the sleeve of her greatcoat. Olive J. Emeny...

Daphne and Jean enrol in the Women’s Land Army and move into their rented cottage with their mother, May. Daphne May Doylend 22.06.1923 –...

Went the day well? Well, we think it did! But you can be the judges! Our morning started off in the piddling rain at Wickham Market train...

Throughout Women's History Month 2023, our Co-Founder Nicky Reynolds was sharing a different Suffolk Land Girls story every day. She made...

This was a great start to our season of displays and fundraising opportunities! Well! Our cheeky wish to get on the TV to promote our...