tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009950692541010433.post5539129157588155181..comments2011-11-07T10:57:39.429ZPatrick Napiernoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5009950692541010433.post-71412901586425488632008-11-16T23:49:00.000Z2008-11-16T23:49:00.000ZThe sheer number of young 'volunteers' eager to join up is staggering for the time. This will have decimated ‘manpower’ for industry just when ‘all hands to the pumps’ was needed? Interestingly, the Women’s Land Army initiative then came into its own where girls and older women took over the jobs of the lads who had ‘gone to the front to be a valiant soldier’. I’ve just attended a wonderful exhibition and talk about Land Army Girls “The Women’s Land Army” given by Dr. Gill Clarke at the St. Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington, Hants. Link: http://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/exhibitions/index.htmlObertrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03807915524509627146noreply@blogger.com