TOWN GIRLS TURN TO LAND
LONBOX. Town and eity girls are turning to Ihe land for a lil'e free of elothing worries, food queues and tlut huntiug. Most of the (it)() who linve respondeii to the Women 's Land Arxny recruiting cumpaigii for i'.O.nno more land girls are i'rom tlie industrial areas of Lancashire, Yorkshire, and Tyneside. A W.L.A. ollicial said: "Previouslv Ihe a\ erage age of entrants was 18; but now tlie 20-25 class is eoining aloiig. ' ' Xew recruil.s more lltan olLset wastage from girls leaving the W.L.A. , but the orgauisers ex]»cct several huudred to resigu ai'ter seeing through the harvest.
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Chronicle (Levin), 28 November 1946, Page 7
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