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Lend a Hand on the Land - Lincoln, Bristol and London

Dorothy 1949 - Lulsgate Bottom.jpg
Dorothy describes the locations where she volunteered, Metheringham in Lincoln [1947], Lulsgate Bottom near Bristol [1948], and Laleham Park near Shepperton [1950] and how she heard about the volunteering programme.

Lend a Hand on the Land - Friendships and Other Volunteers

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Dorothy describes how she made friends, and kept in touch with other volunteers from around the country. In the second file she talks about some friends she met from Yorkshire, steelworkers, who accompanied them to a party in Staines. She also…

Lend a Hand on the Land - Lulsgate Bottom, 1949

Dorothy 1949 - Lulsgate Bottom.jpg
Image of the group of 'Lend a Hand on the Land' volunteers at Lulsgate Bottom, Bristol, 1949. Dorothy Arnold is on the bottom row, third from the left. On the rear is written "Margaret, me, also Violet, Betty either side of us".

In the Garden, East Avenue, Garden Village

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My friends and in the garden in East avenue on the Burnage garden village

Grosvenor Garage 1937.jpg

Grosvenor Garage 1937.jpg
A view of the Grosvenor Garage on Burnage Lane from 1937.