BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:55@historyfare.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250904T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250904T220000 DTSTAMP:20250813T083157Z URL:https://historyfare.co.uk/events/the-womens-land-army/ SUMMARY:The Womens Land Army DESCRIPTION:For the September HistoryFare monthly talk\, we welcome guest s peaker Georgina Ratcliffe who \;will be giving a presentation about on e of her main passions\, the Womens Land Army.\n\nAs well as being passion ate about the Womens Land Army\, Georgina voluntarily runs the Artisans an d Reenactors Market where traders come together to sell services and histo rical goods. \; She is also on the committee of the Melton Mowbray 194 0s event where you may have seen here manning her Land Army dispay.\n\nThe British Women’s Land Army was first set up in January 1917 during World War One and was \; re-formed again in June 1939\, in preparation for World War Two.\n\nOver 200\,000 Land Girls worked in the WLA from June 193 9 until November 1950.\n\nWomen\, known as Land Girls\, replaced male farm workers who fought in the war. Coming from all backgrounds\, Land Girls w ere critical to increasing the country’s food supply.\nTo reserve your s eat\, please select the “book now” label above or email meltonhistoryf are@gmail.com\n \;\nAdmission cost £3 per person\, payable on arrival . ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://historyfare.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/202 5/08/womens_land_army_3.jpg CATEGORIES:History Talk,Local History,Military History,Womens Land Army,WW1,WW2 LOCATION:Melton Mowbray RAF Association Tornado Club\, 24 Asfordby Road\, M elton Mowbray\, Leicestershire\, LE13 0HR\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=24 Asfordby Road\, Melton M owbray\, Leicestershire\, LE13 0HR\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-T ITLE=Melton Mowbray RAF Association Tornado Club:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250330T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR