Compensation in the Women’s Land Army
We were paid wages on a standard scale, and I received £2.15.0d, Two pounds fifteen shillings and no pence or £2.75 in decimal currency, for a working week of 48 hours with paid overtime for the countless extra hours farming entails. I think too the farmers were expected to provide decent accommodation and our food. This was of course, something of a lottery, for often the farmhouses were old and neglected, or the farmers wife a poor housekeeper and cook. Some too openly resented the presence of a young girl in her household of husband and sons, and made life difficult as a jealous and distrustful woman in a position of power could. I however was fortunate in all the households I went to live and had none of those problems.
I spent four to five months at Hutton, and thinking that I knew everything there was to know about farming was more than ready to get to work on a real farm.
In training at Hutton 1939, right to left, Veronica, Dulcie, Jeanne (behind), Marjory Liptrop, unknown.
I was at Hutton 1949-1950 and worked there for the following year until I was offered a post at the Min of Ag. in Winckley Square, Preston .
Hutton saw one of the best years of my life.
We were all devastated when it closed down, but they organised a grand Farewell Reunion, slap up meal, entertainment and overnight accommodation.
I could go on and on!
Cheers from Joan.
Thank you Joan for those remarks and I’m pleased you found your way to Jeanne’s website. Perhaps you will go “on and on” with your remembrances as I’m sure there are others still around with memories of Hutton and what it meant to them.
Jeanne always spoke highly of her time there, not only from what she learned practically but the friendships she made and the comradely atmosphere of all the young girls together and from all the different backgrounds.
Regards,
John Flann, for the late Jeanne Flann.
Any photo as from 74 to 76 hutton
I was a student at Hutton from 1958-60 as a student in the poultry department. If you have any photos of the college, I would very much appreciate a copy for a book I am writing.
Sorry no. The only photos that I had are the ones shown on the website. I wish I had more.
No, sorry, no photos beyond those on the site.
My late parents, Ian and Gladys Hammonds (nee Brierley) met at the agricultural college in Hutton where they went to study poultry husbandry in the early 1950’s. They married in 1955 and after undertaking smaller agricultural work jobs, set up their own poultry farm producing eggs. If anyone has any information about the Hutton college from the early 1950’s I would be very interested to read about it.
If any posts anything, I will be sure to let you know.
Hi, I did an NCA at Hutton 1983/84. If there is anyone reads this that attended the same year course I would love to hear from them! I lost contact with everyone from that course. Please contact me, my email is peteprince65@aol.com Regards Pete
I hope you find some of your classmates through the site and your comment.
Hi a from Hutton from 1966 to 1967