Essential role of women who fed the nation during the war years is woven into history
The museum is home to the largest permanent exhibition about the 80,000-plus women who stepped into agriculture to replace men sent to war. Items in the exhibition have been donated by former Land Army members who will be greeted at a reunion at the museum near York on Saturday by a willow-woven sculpture of a Land Army girl on a bicycle produced by North Yorkshire-based Dragon Willow.
Naomi Beeley, the museum’s community outreach officer said: “We’ve met so many lovely people who worked hard to feed us during the war. The reunion is our way of thanking them for making the exhibition, which is now one-year-old, such a success.”