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In 1939, as men left to fight on the front line, the Women’s Land Army (WLA) reformed to boost Britain’s food production during World War Two. Originally established in 1917 to address food shortages during the first Great War, the WLA once again drew thousands of women from towns and cities across the country. The […]

In 1939, war time legislation made all men between the age of eighteen and forty liable for conscription, with over 1.5 million men of all backgrounds conscripted to the British armed forces by the end of the year. This had a devastating effect on the mining workforce. In an industry that was unregulated, dirty and