Straw Hat Maker
During the Regency period (1795-1837 approx.) the essential accessory for men and women was the straw hat or bonnet and many straw platters and milliners kept the nobility, gentry and ladies...
Women’s Land Army in WWII
Per the 1941 Agricultural Farm Survey there were only 11 women working on the farms in Benhall & Sternfield, all on a part-time basis, no full-time workers.From the book Working the Land by Len...