We don’t really meet any land girls in the novel, though
they are there in the background in the Renate strand. There are some working
on the farm when Renate ends up living. Renate and her friends end up helping
on the farm and many of their activities are similar to what the land girls
would have done. German girl Gerda is a
farmer’s daughter and she also experiences many similar things.
Micky Mitchell’s gives a good account of what life was like
for a land girl in her A Country at War,
memoirs of a land Girl.
Women had to work the land because men were off at war. They
worked hard but also seemed to have a good social life as well – dances,
entertainment evening by ENSA and huge supper gatherings when farmers had
helped each other.
What sort of work do you think the land girls had to do?
What sort of work do you think the land girls had to do?
How was this different from the way the German girls may have worked?
Which jobs are a farm are easier in the 21st century?
Why was ENSA useful?
Would something like ENSA be uesful today?
Do we in fact have anything like that?
Which jobs are a farm are easier in the 21st century?
Why was ENSA useful?
Would something like ENSA be uesful today?
Do we in fact have anything like that?
