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The Longest Yarn 2 – Britain at War premieres on 3rd September 2025. This new exhibition features 80 one-metre panels of intricate “wool art,” capturing life in Britain from the outbreak of war on 3 September 1939 through to VE Day on 8 May 1945. Visitors will encounter powerful depictions of key moments and themes, including the King’s Speech, the Blitz, D-Day, the bombing of major cities, the Home Guard, the Women’s Land Army, rationing, and the everyday resilience of a nat

We were delighted to take part in the Gressenhall Home Front Stories: Norfolk in 1945 event this August Bank Holiday Sunday, marking the 80th anniversary of both VE and VJ Day.

Joyce's father, Charles Wadnow decided to move his family away from the bombs in London during WW2 and bought Hill House in Bruisyard...

A group of young ladies working in the tailoring industry in Leeds enrolled in the West Yorks WLA on July 28th,1943 and were duly posted...

A fabulous two days at the Suffolk Show with our pop-up museum entirely dedicated to the WLA in Suffolk, complete with wonderful helpers and living historians who engaged with the public all day long.

Nancy Mary Sparrow of White House Farm, Bramford enrolled in East Suffolk Women's Land Army on July 20th, 1942 at the age of nineteen....

Ruby Ella List was living at Hill Crest, Tuddenham and driving a bakery van for Bowman's Bakery in Ipswich when she enrolled in the East...

The front of Blomvyle Hall . Blomvyle Hall was the first WLA hostel to be opened in East Suffolk. It opened in January 1942 and was...

Well here we are just bumping nicely into a new year, so it’s an opportune moment to take a bit of a look back at what we did in 2024.

Ethel was born on 28th June 1915 and enrolled in the Women's Land Army in Barnsley, West Yorks in April 1942. She was working as a window...

This August we paid tribute to the gals who broke ground in the Great War in Suffolk taking part in a 1918 recreation event called ‘Bringing

Muriel May Potter (nee Parker) or Mick as she was always known to her pals, enrolled in the Women's Land Army on July 15th, 1943. She was li

Sunday 9th June 2024 was a jam-packed afternoon with exhibition, displays, Suffolk Punches, tractors, living history and of course cake!

And so we draw to a close our observation of Women's History Month by featuring another land girl legend - the wonderful Paddy Reed who...

Step back in time and experience a glimpse of the Land Girls’ daily lives during WW2, co-hosted by the Barrow Benefice and The Suffolk...

Pamela Joan Squirrell (nee Heath) enrolled in the Women's Land Army on September 4th, 1944 at the age of seventeen. She was living on...

Annie Elizabeth Catchpole (nee Tooley) was born in Dudley on January 30th 1922 and subsequently moved to London to live with her uncle...

Barrow Primary School near Bury St Edmunds is paying tribute to the Women’s Land Army for Remembrance Day by welcoming a Suffolk Punch horse

Patricia Foulger (nee Keeble) was living at Moat Farm, Wetheringsett when she enrolled in the Women’s Land Army at the age of 19 on March...

A jolly weekend of camaraderie, hilarious team games and a poignant Drum Head Servive parade took place at The Suffolk Military Show in...