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World War II: members of the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) making gauze bandages. Drawing by E. Hudson, 1942.

Women wanted as ambulance drivers : offer your services to your local council or any branch of Women's Voluntary Services : Civil Defence / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].

Women wanted : to help the children from evacuated areas ... apply to your local council or local branch of the Women's Voluntary Services / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].

Green sleeves, the story of WVS/WRVS / by Katharine Bentley Beauman.

The story of WVS / Decorations by David Langdon.

Women in green : the story of the W.V.S. / by Charles Graves.

The housewives' book of recipes & hints / W.V.S., Mirfield.

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Women wanted : to help the children from evacuated areas ... apply to your local council or local branch of the Women's Voluntary Services / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].

The housewives' book of recipes & hints / W.V.S., Mirfield.

Women wanted as ambulance drivers : offer your services to your local council or any branch of Women's Voluntary Services : Civil Defence / [Ministry of Labour and National Service?].