#79 Two new members of the Women’s Land Army (WLA), later to become the Women’s Timber Corps, pictured operating a sharpening stone to sharpen axes in a wood in England during World War II on 2nd January 1940.

#79 Two new members of the Women’s Land Army (WLA), later to become the Women’s Timber Corps, pictured operating a sharpening stone to sharpen axes in a wood in England during World War II on 2nd January 1940.

Women at Work: The Women who Kept Britain Going During World War II

#79 Two new members of the Women’s Land Army (WLA), later to become the Women’s Timber Corps, pictured operating a sharpening stone to sharpen axes in a wood in England during World War II on 2nd January 1940.

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