Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Frances Guttridge
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| Name | Guttridge, Frances "Frankie" Marie |
| Date of birth | 15 November 1926 |
| Place of birth | Lewisham, London |
| Joined WLA | 27 October 1945 |
| Left WLA | 18 September 1947 |
| WLA No. | 161896 |
| Trained | |
| Employed | Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Potton, Chimney Corner, Toddington and Aspley Guise Hostels |
| Married name | Jones |
| Further information | Formerly a clerk, age 18 on entry. Transferred to Bedfordshire from London, Middlesex. Became Forewoman at The Holt, Aspley Guise. |
| Reminiscence |
Of Lewisham, London, was evacuated as a schoolgirl, during the war, to Hastings, then Wales, and finally to Daventry. She loved life in the countryside so joined the post-war Land Army after a brief spell as a clerk at Lewisham Town Hall. Frances became a Forewoman at "The Holt" and shared a bedroom with Dora, a Driver. Some Saturday afternoons she used to hitch a lift home to London, along the A5 Watling Street because she couldn't afford the train fare. She left the Land Army in order to marry a local hairdresser, Bill Jones, who was also an excellent accordion player with a local dance band. After marriage, she worked for a further year for Frank Sommerford at Mill Lane Farm, Salford. She remembered him as a man with huge hands who could carry twenty chicken's eggs at a time. |
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Land Girls relaxing in the recreation room: Aspley Guise Hostel |
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