Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Sylvia 'Bunnie' Joan Bunnett
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call > B
Name | Bunnett, Sylvia 'Bunnie' Joan |
Date of birth | 21 September 1929 |
Place at enrolment | Edmonton, London |
Joined WLA | 12 March 1947 |
Left WLA | 16 July 1948 |
WLA No. | 180033 |
Trained | Toddington Park Hostel |
Employed | Employed by Beds. War. Ag. at the Aspley Guise Hostel. |
Married name | Cox |
Further information | Formerly a waitress. Joined aged 17 and a half. Her sister Gladys also joined the WLA at the same time but was later discharged because of a heart condition. |
Reminiscences |
From Edmonton, north London, who managed to join the Women's Land Army six
months before the minimum 17 years on entry, with her elder sister, Gladys. She trained at Toddington Park
hostel before moving to The Holt in 1946, where she became friends with Frances Guttridge.
She later married a local man, Jim Cox. The Land Girls frequented "The Anchor", a pub just off the square in Aspley Guise. Couples kissed goodnight behind the cedar tree by the drive to the hostel. |
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