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Mnathan an Fhiodha agus Caileagan Fearainn
Chaidh an ‘Women’s Timber Corps (WTC)’ a steidheachadh ann an 1942. Bha ‘Mnathan an Fhiodha’ a' leagail chraobhan, a' dèanamh taic-shlocan (a dh’fheumaist airson nam mèinnean), a' gleusadh shàbhan, a' sealltainn às dèidh eich airson sgoinn fhiodha a shlaodadh, ag ullachadh fiodh airson phòlaichean teileagraf, cheapan rathaid is chroisean airson uaighean shaighdearan.
Chaidh an ‘Women’s Land Army (WLA)’ a stèidheachadh rè a' Chogaidh Mhòir. Sa chiad shia mìosan den Dàrna Cogadh, chaidh còrr air 30,000 fear a bha roimhe an sàs ann an àiteachas do na feachdan. Chaidh an WLA ath-chruthachadh agus ro 1943 bha 80,000 ag obair gu saor-thoileach air an fhearann air feadh Bhreatainn.
Bhiodh geansaidhean uaine, briogaisean donna agus adan donna air na ‘Caileagan Fearainn’. Dh’fheumadh iad obair gharbh a dhèanamh: treabhadh (gu tric le eich), togail bhuntàta, dràibheadh thractairean, frithealadh bheathaichean, agus marbhadh radain, uile mar phàirt de obair-seachdaine 50 uair a thìde. B' e an dreuchd dèanamh cinnteach gun robh biadh gu leòr aig an rìoghachd airson tighinn beò.
Cha deach aithne oifigeil a thoirt do obair WLA agus WTC chun na 21mh linne, nuair fhuair am beagan a bha air fhàgail bràiste urraim bhon Riaghaltas.
Brùth air an ìomhaigh airson dealbh nas motha fhaicinn.
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Let Rosalind Elder tell you about her time as a Lumberjill with this BBC archive of World War Two Memories. -
A Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs scheme acknowledging surviving members of Women's Land Army and Women's Timber Corps for their tremendous effort during the war. -
As the Timber Corps was a section of the Women's Land Army, there was no official recognition of its efforts during the war. Discover more about the “Forgotten Corps” and how a sculpture was finally created to give a lasting memorial to the women of the WTC. -
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Find out what the Women's Land Army had to wear, see photos of them hard at work and learn the official Women's Land Army Song as they kept up the Home Front. -
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Discover what life was really like as a Timber Jill with Margaret Lynch. Read about her daily routine, the back breaking work they did and the camaraderie that developed from working on the land during wartime.
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