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Description: | A worker in the Women's Land Army, or a 'land girl' as they were often called, poses whilst planting potatoes at London Transport Gardens at Brockley Hill. These vegetables would have been destined for London Transport staff canteens.
The W.L.A. was involved in all aspects of agricultural work including ploughing, driving tractors, harvesting, threshing, herding cows and other livestock as well as working in market gardens.
Some women were given a full training; others were expected to learn on the job. They worked 48-50-hour weeks for £1, 2 shillings and sixpence, after board and lodgings had been deducted.
By 1943 any spare pieces of land had been turned into an allotment for food production, prompted by the slogan 'Dig for Victory'. Little food was getting in from abroad, so Britain had to be self-sufficient. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | London at War Work | Temporal: | 7 May 1941 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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