Ladies Getting Dirty

[Carruthers]

In WW1 thousands of troops were stationed on a local Rothschild Estate which had been lent to the War Office for use as a training camp.
The estate also had considerable reserves of standing timber which were to be used in the construction of trenches in France and Belgium.
When Canadian troops arrived many were deployed as lumberjacks and as workers in the timber yard which had been established at the local railway station.
The women in the picture, judging by the uniform, would have been from the Women's Forestry Corps.

[xoxoxoBruce]

When Canadian troops arrived many were deployed as lumberjacks and as workers in the timber yard which had been established at the local railway station.
The women in the picture, judging by the uniform, would have been from the Women's Forestry Corps.

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♫Oh, I'm a lumberjack, and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch,
I go to the lava-try.
On Wednesdays I go shoppin'♫
And have buttered scones for tea.

I cut down trees, I skip and jump,
I like to press wild flowers.
♪I put on women's clothing,
And hang around in bars.

I chop down trees, I wear high heels,
♪Suspenders and a bra.
I wish I'd been a girlie
Just like my dear papa.♫