Do you remember The Land Girls

Do you remember: Land Girls

14 April 2020

10:52

 

Do you remember the Women Land Army?

Some directed to work on the farms

Others were volunteers

 

They came from all walks of life to work on the farms

Feeding chickens, driving tractors, milking cows (often by hand)

The light work

The heavy work

The mucky work

 

The men away fighting in the armed forces

 

Growing and harvesting the crops

To feed the people

Left at home

 

High heeled shoes replaced with work boots

Posh frocks to heavy trousers

Manicured nails, clipped and varnish gone

Painted face; now wind blown and sun tanned

Oh how their lives did change

 

Late nights gallivanting in dance halls and clubs

Rise in time for lunch

Now rise with the sun

Work until dark

Sleep as her head touches the pillow

 

They kept food on the tables

Took on their new role

As the providers; not users

Accepted country living

In all its ways

 

Wild Rose

April 2020

Reviews

[marilyn 1225]

love this poem relatable great work!!

[Wild Rose]

Thank you One of a series (in a collection) "Do you Remember -------"

Yes I do remember (all of them ) I began an historical novel "Harry worth - story of a wartime childhood But I didn't like the beginning So noe I have gone further back "Birth of an empire" - info from my dads cousin they were instrumental in the founding of a woolen mill (just posting first parts)

[marilyn 1225]

thank you for answering memories can last