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Article: Women remember 'war' in the fields; NOSTALGIA: Proud former Land Army girls swap memories at reunion.(News)
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- Birmingham Mail (England)
- Article date:
- March 14, 2009
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Byline: By Jane Tyler
LAND Army girls caught up on 60 years' worth of gossip when they had a massive reunion in Birmingham.
The women who kept the country running during World War Two met each other again for the first time since war ended during a reception at Birmingham Council House.
The Lord Mayor's Parlour organised the event for the hundreds of local members of the Women's Land Army and Women's Timber Corps.
The organisations were formed to keep Britain supplied with food and timber during the war when the men were away fighting.
All the women at the reception had received badges from the Government for their ...