231212 Joan Margaret Sutton Womans Land Army from:Beckenham, Kent My sister, Joan Margaret Sutton, joined the Womans Land Army in 1943 when she was 18 years old. Her farm was in New Barn near Longfield in Kent, and she lodged with a local family, I am sure their name was Todd. She came home to us in Beckenham, Kent every weekend, and when she returned back to her farm, after alighting from the train, station unknown, she had to walk through woods to get to her lodgings. I was 12 when she was called up, and I still remember how smart and proud she looked in her uniform. She said she and the other girls used to eat raw vegetables from the fields because they were always hungry! She met her Husband Bill Bailey at a dance. he was in The Buffs stationed near by. After being demobbed she married Bill and went on to have 3 sons, Michael, Graham and Richard. She died at the age of 90, after suffering years of ill health.
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