Elaine Joan Hall in the Women's Land Army

The contributor's grandmother started her service in the Women's Land Army woman on 25 March 1944 at Arendale Farm. Her work was paid.

These are the standard conditions of employment for members of the Women's Land Army. They contained the terms of employment for working in the Land Army:
- Working hours (no more than 48 hours)
- Handing in notice
- Rates of pay
- Holiday policy
- Good service rewards and privileges

The contributor brought dungarees worn by her grandmother when she worked on a farm in Kent during World War 2. They were worn on a daily basis while doing her jobs, and would have been worn with a short-sleeved shirt. They were reused/recycled from something else, so there are many stitches that were added in. They were well worn and loved.

The contributor brought a Women's Land Army arm band. This would have been worn everyday with her grandmother's worker's dungarees and shirt as she worked on the farm. Some of her jobs on the farm would have been driving the tractor, lifting bales of hay, and looking after animals.

Her grandmother once told her a story where she had to run and hide in a ditch on the farm from a fighter plane, flying above her as it was emptying their ammunition. Her granddad was too young so was evacuated in World War II. Her other family on her dad's side were Italian. They lived in England at the time and so they had to change their names to avoid being interred.

The contributor's grandmother got a badge (see files) when she joined the Women's Land Army in the early 1940s (24 March, 1944). It was worn on a day-to-day basis. The other badge was awarded to the contributor's grandmother in 2009 for all her unrecognised hard work and war efforts. She received it at a thanksgiving event in Hereford Cathedral. It was received to commemorate her service in the war.

Other items include a Women's Land Army release certificate, given to the contributor's grandmother when she was released from the Land Army as a record of service. She received it on 28 June 1945. Her Land Army number on the certificate was 142269. The contributor also brought two Women's Land Army tin figures, collected by her grandfather and grandmother after the war. They were wartime objects.

The contributor also brought their grandmother's diary, written after the war. It lists her Land Army information and details, and discusses her post-war life, which was full of dances and shows.