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Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Betty Hurst

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Name Hurst, Betty
Date of birth 17 July 1923
Born Peterborough, Huntingdonshire
Joined WLA 28 July 1943
Left WLA 29 July 1944
WLA No. 132640
Trained On the job.
Employed Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Hulcote Moors Hostel.
Married name Fitton
Further Information Former worker at ROF factory, Elstow, aged 20. Living in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire on enrolment. Worked with head office staff then transferred to the land 16 November 1943. Left to get married.
See Changing Landscapes, Changing Lives interview no.44
Betty Hurst

Studio portrait of Betty Hurst

Hulcote Moors hostel group

Hulcote Moors hostel group with the Warden, Mrs Whatling, 1943
Back Row (l-r) Pamela Bell, Betty Hurst (?), Thelma Mathers, Vera Hull, Elizabeth Alice Braybrook, Myra Griffiths
Middle Row (l-r) Peggy Clark, Doris Bass, Edna Harris, Gladys Hinton (Housekeeper), Mrs E Watling (Warden), (Greta) Joyce Virgin, Hilda Virgin
Front Row (l-r) ?, Zoe Odell, Audrey Joan Hinde, Marjorie Prince, ?

 


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