Land Girl - The Happiest Years of My Early Life

A Memoir of Service in the Women's Land Army 1939-46

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Introduction to My Land Girls Memoir

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Insignia of Women's Land Army worn by Jeanne Flann as member, a Land Girl

Introduction

One of my proudest moments that I offer here in this Land Girls memoir was nearly 70 years ago when as a young girl I was presented to HM Queen Elizabeth for my services in the Women’s Land Army (WLA). Why, because I had volunteered as a “Land Girl” at the outbreak of World War II in 1939, did well, and served until 1946.Continue Reading

Joining Up – The Women’s Land Army

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Chapter 2

Joining up – The Women’s Land Army

Preparation for War

So as I faced the prospect of being sixteen and leaving school, the deficiencies of my home became more apparent and the imperative to get away from it become more pressing. The question was what to do about it. The answer came in the months before the outbreak of war in 1939.Continue Reading

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Recognition at Last For Land Girls

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Chapter 8

Recognition at Last for Land Girls

As you can see from my story here, many Land Girls from cities served faithfully in agricultural environments to the betterment of themselves, the country as a whole, and the individual agricultural employer. Like me, many quit at the end of the war to return to their previous lives. No help was provided to these Land Girls returning to the cities, a state of affairs that infuriated Lady Denham our head found so much that she resigned in 1945.Continue Reading

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About Me

Proud member of the Women's Land Army, Jeanne Flann, nee Harlow, here. Happily retired in Utah after a full and satisfying life that got off to a great start working as a Land Girl in the Trough of Bowland, you can read more about me.

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Book Outline

  • Introduction
  • Part One
    • Chapter 1 – Prologue, the Sullivans, the Harlows and My Childhood
    • Chapter 2 – Joining Up – The Women’s Land Army
    • Chapter 3 – Lancashire College of Agriculture at Hutton
  • Part Two
    • Chapter 4 – Lower Greenbank Farm Over Wyresdale
    • Chapter 5 – Holt Farm Gateacre – Tragedy & Deliverance
    • Chapter 6 – Marshaw, The Trough of Bowland Fells
  • Part Three
    • Chapter 7 – Epilogue
    • Chapter 8 – Recognition at Last
  • Appendix

All Sections

  • Introduction to My Land Girls Memoir
  • Prologue – The Sullivans, the Harlows and My Childhood
  • Joining Up – The Women’s Land Army
  • Lancashire College of Agriculture at Hutton
  • First Assignment as a Land Girl: Lower Greenbank Farm, Over Wyresdale
  • Second Assignment as a Land Girl: Holt Hall Farm, Liverpool – Tragedy and Deliverance
  • Last and Best Assignment as a Land Girl: Marshaw – The Trough of Bowland
  • Epilogue – Life After Being a Land Girl in the WLA

Land Girls Memoirs and Other Memoirs

In the two step process of creating a paper memoir and now converting it into a web based one, it is my hope that my memoir, Land Girl - The Happiest Years of Early Childhood joins other Land Girl memoirs as a member of that genre, and contributes to it.

My husband has his own memoir through the same process as mine, paper memoir first, then website GunnerFlann.com. He too hopes his memoir contributes to the National Service Memoirs genre.

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