Hello Nick,
It is intersting to hear that the former land girls in your area, still remain close by. Assume they married local men. Near where I live in Kent, a former WLA hostel, is now the Brenzett Aeronautical Museum, full of WW2 artifacts, mostly aircraft parts that have been excavated in the area as well as a remarkable collection of WW2 bomb disposal equipment. The Museum holds a WLA reunion annually and again, a fair number still live in this area. These hostels were mostly for where the girls were used as a form of labour pool, going to work where needed. In my mother's case, she was "posted" to a family estate and lived in a cottage with others and a housekeeper.
Richard
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