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Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Josephine 'Josie' Walton

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Name Walton, Josephine 'Josie' Mary
Date of birth 1 December 1927
Place at enrolment Westoning, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA 1 March 1945
Left WLA 18 November 1948
WLA No. 154146
Trained On the job
Employed Employed by a private farmer on Home Farm, Westoning, then by Beds. War. Ag. at Aspley Guise Hostel. Transferred to Hasells Hall, Sandy on closure of The Holt, Aspley Guise.
Married name Rowe
Further information Former clerk, aged 17. Received a proficiency certificate for calf rearing and was a milk trainer at Ravensden. Break in service September 1946 - May 1947. Left on completion of contract.
Josie Walton  in the grounds at Hasells Hall, Sandy

Josie Walton in the grounds at Hasells Hall

 


Reminiscences

Josephine started as land girl in Westoning, Bedfordshire, where she had been brought up. She later became a dairy trainer at Ravensden. To avoid the 7-day a week life of a milker, she transferred to Aspley Guise. Josie Walton worked at Hayfield Farm, Aspley Guise, alongside Jim Broadbent. She gained a proficiency badge for calf rearing.

Josephine took part in the WLA exhibition of handicrafts at the Corn Exchange, Bedford, 14, 15, and 16 February 1946, where the exhibits were judged by Women's Institute judges. After the hostel closed, she transferred to Hasells Hall, Sandy, which she did not like. She later married and became Josie Rowe.


Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author

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