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Description: | Peggy Atkin was born in 1923 and joined the Women’s Land Army for her war service from 1943 to 1946. She trained at Columbine Hall in Suffolk where she learnt to milk and look after cows. After four weeks she was posted to High House Farm near Suffolk, which was to be her home for the next 3 years. Soon after arriving, Peggy joined the workers in the field to help with the pea harvest. The utilities at the farm were very basic but the food was good and the farmers, the Humphrey family, treated her kindly. Peggy would normally dress in dungarees and Wellington boots for her daily work on the farm. However, she recalls that special occasions such as going to church and the occasional weekend trip home, gave her the opportunity to wear her full uniform with pride. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Enfield Museum Service | Rights holder: | Enfield Museum Service | Subjects: | London at War | Temporal: | 1943 | Source: | Enfield Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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