Those were the days
Jul 09, 2020
4 minutes
From contributing to the war effort and transporting horses by train to learning the hard way – H&H readers remember the way things used to be
A royal rally
I HAVE often felt the young of today have no idea what it was like living before and during the war on a farm without today’s “toys”!
I was 10 when the war was declared and virtually an only child with two brothers far older than me. I was reared on a huge farm which was geared to produce food.
“Dig for Victory” was the 1939 slogan and every acre was utilised to do just that, whether in animal or vegetable form.
My entertainment came from 24 Suffolk working horses, a pony and a
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