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Bedfordshire Women's Land Army

Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Irene Wright

Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > W
Name Wright, Irene
Date of birth 18 November 1926
Place at enrolment Derby, Derbyshire
Joined WLA 10 June 1944
Left WLA 6 April 1945
WLA No. 145672
Trained Toddington Park
Employed Employed by Beds. War Ag. at "Chimney Corner" Hostel (Elstow/Houghton Conquest).
Married name Hulatt
Further information Former shop assistant aged 17 years.  Transferred to Bedfordshire 30 June 1944. Left on marriage.
Passed the Housecraft course in April 1945 aimed at newly married land girls, funded by the WLA Benevolent Fund.
A reminiscence from Irene Wright:
"Many are the tales I could tell of my Land Army days but one of the funniest was the morning the farmer I worked for said, "Now my gel, take Freddy the bull to the next farm". I led Freddy by a chain up the cart track, when in the distance we heard the braying of a cow. Sure enough, Freddy got the message. I was literally biting the dust behind him as he charged off in the direction of his lady love.
I found out later that it had been pre-arranged and the farm hands were hidden along the route to watch the fun but I was determined not to let them see how near to tears I was (nor how sore was my bottom)."

 


Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author

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