Roll Call of Bedfordshire Land Girls
Josephine Walton

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Name	Walton, Josephine Mary
Date of birth	1 December 1927
Place of birth	Westoning, Bedfordshire
Joined WLA	1 March 1945
Left WLA	18 November 1948
WLA No.	154146
Trained	On the job
Employed	Employed by a private farmer on Home Farm, Westoning, then by Beds. War. Ag. at Aspley Guise Hostel.  Transferred to Hassels Hall, Sandy on closure of The Holt, Aspley Guise.
Married name	Rowe
Further information	Former clerk, aged 17.  Resigned Bedfordshire 18 September 1946. Re-instated 12 May 1947.
Josie Walton in the grounds at Hasells Hall

Reminiscences

Josephine started as land girl in Westoning, Bedfordshire, where she had been brought up. She later became a dairy trainer at Ravensden. To avoid the 7-day a week life of a milker, she transferred to Aspley Guise. Josie Walton worked at Hayfield Farm, Aspley Guise, alongside Jim Broadbent. She gained a proficiency badge for calf rearing.

Josephine took part in the WLA exhibition of handicrafts at the Corn Exchange, Bedford, 14,15, and 16 February 1946, where the exhibits were judged by Women's Institute judges. After the hostel closed, she transferred to Hassells Hall, Sandy, which she did not like. She later married and became Josie Rowe.

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