Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Jean Hartley
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| Name | Hartley, Jean |
| Date of birth | 18 June 1922 |
| Place at enrolment | Wakefield, Yorkshire |
| Joined WLA | 25 July 1945 |
| Left WLA | 16 April 1948 |
| WLA No. | 158864 |
| Trained | Ravensden |
| Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Bolnhurst hostel. |
| Married name | Quenby |
| Further information | Former ICI Metals worker, aged 23. Transferred to Bedfordshire 15 September 1945. Drove a Commer lorry to take hostel girls out to work on local farms. Became a forewoman. Sugar beet singling was her least liked job. She most enjoyed working at the Co-op Fruit Farm in Cockayne Hatley. Married the farmer at Quenby's Farm at Bushmead. |
Jean Hartley and Vera Jobling |
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Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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