Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Doreen 'Renie' Hirst
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Name | Hirst, Doreen 'Renie' |
Date of birth | 3 February 1929 |
Place at enrolment | Cleckheaton, Yorkshire |
Joined WLA | 16 May 1946 |
Left WLA | 18 November 1949 |
WLA No. | 168300 |
Trained | On the job |
Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Bolnhurst hostel. |
Married name | Presland |
Further information | Former costing clerk, aged 17. Transferred to Bedfordshire 27 July 1946. Began at Ivy Lodge Nursery, Sharnbrook. Employed by Mr Keen - glasshouse work and chickens. Finished by working for Mr Mason at Brooke Farm, Bolnhurst. Left on completion of contract. |
(l to r) Doreen Hirst, Vera Jobling and Hilary Fenwick |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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