大象传媒

I was 21 and expecting my first child (only just!) when war broke out. By the end I had 4 sons - 1940, 1943 (twins) and 1944 - making my wartime years very busy.
We were farmers and had to grow crops we had never grown before, making the land as productive as possible.
I remember saying that my new baby would be going to school by the time war finished- and so it proved.
Rationing affected everyone but we were pretty self-sufficient We had hens, and pigs as well as the farm and made butter. I used to scoop some cream from the top of the churn and take it as present when visiting friends.
I took in an evacuee - a teacher from Southend on Sea, who was horrified that my child refused to eat his boiled egg.
My husband was in a reserved occupation as a farmer, but his cousin served in France, and my brother-in-law was in India.
I visited London after the war and was shocked at the damage.
In spite of everything, though, we always felt certain

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