Poster of a women in land army uniform carrying a hoe c 1939 Frame:black Northumberland House & Whitehall from

Northumberland House & Whitehall from the North Side of Trafalgar Square

Charles Dickens compared the building work to 'the shock of a great earthquake

Interior view of the House of Commons with a session taking place

Macauley Road in the South East and Eland Road in the South West

Henrietta Street

Poster of a women in land army uniform carrying a hoe c 1939 Frame:black Northumberland House & Whitehall fromPoster of a women in a land army uniform carrying a hoe. The government issued this propaganda poster urging women to join the Women's Land Army during the Second World War. Propaganda posters attempted to make Land Army work appear as glamorous as possible. The reality was often very different, and many women who volunteered to work on farms endured poor working and living conditions.