Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Elizabeth 'Liz' Mary Blair Day
Bedfordshire Women's Land Army > Roll Call> D
| Name | Day, Elizabeth 'Liz' Mary Blair |
| Date of birth | 26 April 1913 |
| Place at enrolment | Dungee Farm, Odell, Bedfordshire |
| Joined WLA | 22 November 1940 |
| Left WLA | 30 November 1950 |
| WLA No. | 36558 |
| Trained | Previous farm experience and training on the job in dairy farming (Garner's Dairy Farm, Kempston) and market gardening. |
| Employed | Employed by private farmers: Issac Godber's nursery at Willington for 3-4 years, using horses. Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Cople House Hostel and elsewhere. |
| Married name | (Unmarried) |
| Further information | Appointed Forewoman. Part-time tutor at Ravensden training hostel. Mixed farming then country-wide responsibility for hostel gardens. Transferred to Northamptonshire for 3 months. From October 1947 - August 1948 attended full time horticulture course at Swanley (Kent Agriculture Institute), then did experimental agricultural work with gangs for Unilever at Colmworth, post-war. Awarded British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to the Women's Land Army. Sister, Jane, also joined the WLA. |
'Liz' Day tests a new rotavator for market gardens 
Liz Day having her hair cut at Cople House hostel 
Liz Day in 2002 | |
Stuart Antrobus Historian/Author
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