March, 1919
THE LANDSWOMAN
Concerts and Parties
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d •• fJOOr1· ~th •• and ft tor our
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tir 1 but happy.
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Bedford
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l'uetreet. by tM. J~ford C:Om.antr•,. of t.M " L \
~ gtrll &6..¥rDbl 1 a H~3d vtRrs. &I!!l t V>n mtn •
to 2
o'eloc:k rna.rehed off to tht' r t.Aurant, hPr they ~Dj d a
.. ry ))lro
nt IIOCtlll gAther u
\n e:t llent u'l
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card.
Dm~r
wa• foliOW!"d by tbe <11 • lbuUoo of C&rd! and 1~~
Eftlett'Dey Oenifteati: for Farm Work ~re r
ntrd to X~
r: mbers of the W L A , whfie
Kesteven
WE
lAnd workPr3 of th,. Ke-t .... -n Dtvl•ton hl\\'e JU~t Juldla
most en)oyablP ltally at Un~ (a-operative Hat!, (_,rantham.
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We were lnform~' p
hlll some of us bad to gf't out to hgh~n the load. A bout tb.-
middle of thla hlll (and on the wrong aid" !l & motor lorry full
of airmen passed, 'vho, on aeelng us, cbt'f'red lu">tlly, and were
gone In b. tlash. "Charlie,'' not wanting to be left !10 far behind.
stAI"Wd to trot, and would not be pulle-d up. Th01r who hl\d
got out, on cw•em~ tht"', 'tartin~t nmnin~. shoutinst: .. Wait
tor U!l!" "('bnrllr •• thought othen\1-,e, nnd am\'etl at thfo
station In ftne o;tyle; not l'O the rf'mAinder of the }X\fty, who
came panting up, saying, "~ext time. no
mattt>r how steer the hill, we will not P:<'t
out "
On reaching Gmntham we all went our
aepamte wnys shopping. R.cturm~ to th~>
station yard at 3,22 p.ru., we lined up and
wnrched to the Co·operatt\'O Ilall, whN'~ we
wore met by our Organl"lng Secretary and
Welfare OlflC('r, who grouped tht> r~p-('t.Bnt
rcctplent'l of the Good Service Badgl> to be
pbot~phed with the Count"SS of An~tu,
Miss l'albot, Miss l)an, and .:\Oss Campbell
sttt.lng in front.
Afwr thill we went to the hall, wh~rr the
Countess of \ neaster "pent'd the mrelmg by
Introducing 'UNI Tal bot. who !;3\'C u!\ a mo•t
lnwres ti~ speech whtch cam(' to an end aU
too aoon. We wore tht>n presente-d o\'lth
our Good Service Badges And stripes. l'he
Tmctor Plou~h section rocelved qulw nn
ovation for tho rreord arrra~ whkh th<'y
bad plous.;hl'd
Before sttttn~ dom1 to the sumptuous t.:o&
which had be<'n proVidtd, thrt'O hearty cheen!
were given tor th<' Commltt.ee M rnjoyrd, the slnglo(( and
N'oltatlons
bl•ln~
murh
llpprerlatrd.
We all admlr~d the brawry of t"r
only m embl'r or t hr opposite piano for th,. .nrl'l to dance &Dfl &In~~:.
\.f. 'i o'clock tea. wu ~rwrl, tor wblch the Ch&innlUl bad
rnost gt~rou•ly provld<'d cnv.J.<'r •
\ The girl lVOund up t.be prooeedtn~ by szlvlrut )(n Whltl ru.d.
&A rep~~ntatil"e of the Detl!ord C.omm1t~, threJTW)('D'• ent.e:rtalJlmf'nt ••
.DI"Ihl'HU LU.CHX:\."·
Berkshir e
N tnterestlnfl confPn.OCO" of J...and \rmy women bM been
held a.t the Univenity Collc~, ReadiM Tbf' meeting wu
a.rra~d by thr: "Dt>rk hire Wom~n·• War .\mcult.ural Committee
with the lata of l.ITlnlltnlt hdore tb!! La"!ld \rmy tfrl! orldnJ
In that county 110m~ of the l<'~me11 which haft been propoeed
tor the eettlement of WOIIi<.'ll on the land. In oonn~on 1F1th
the conftr!'nce, it. waa arranged to p~nt th,. ftn~t Good Stmce
~ of tbe county, and Mr. J . Ilj'rbert P~nron tt~ Lord
LI~uttnant of BPr~hltt) Jdndly undmook to II!Ake the .-arda
to more than 100 girls who _.,.rf! pre~nt.
Lady Wantage, who wu unat>le to bt> p~nt, wrot4" npre&!JJll!
her symr-thy with the confcrenre. Her lad~hip addtd that
she gtf'atly appreciatA:-d the pe.triot1c Fpirit hown by tbe workers,
who hnd proved thrm lW!! really f!ft\citnt Jllnd lat;ouren. She
conzrntt~lated the winners of tbe Good
n 1ce badge!, and
e:tprl',;ed h~r great appreciation of tht- vatnabl.e eenieft rtndcT'Mi
by ~U T.ockley "m1th .
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