Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Doris Marjorie 'Taffy' Parry
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| Name | Parry, Doris Marjorie 'Taffy' |
| Date of birth | 13 July 1926 |
| Born | Aberystwyth |
| Joined WLA | 2 April 1947 |
| Left WLA | 30 November 1950 |
| WLA No. | 180433 |
| Trained | [not known] |
| Employed | Beds War Agricultural Committee at Clifton WLA Hostel, then at Whipsnade Farm |
| Married name | Cooke |
| Further information | Joined 18. She served with her friend
Barbara (Betty)
Adby, who used to be known as 'Haggis'. Break of service from 20 December 1948 to 6 May 1949. Stayed on the land after the disbandment of the Women's Land Army. Doris met her husband-to-be while working at Whipsnade Farm. Married 26 June 1951. |
Doris (circled) with another land girl, in their spare time. Both have combined their distinctive land girl uniform with male soldiers' jerkin jackets, which were sold off post-war, and were clearly fashionable. 
Doris (circled) at the wedding of another Clifton land girl, Helena Jessop, to RAF serviceman from RAF Henlow in 1948. 
Doris 'Taffy' Parry in the late 1940s, with a land girl friend. |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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