Land Girls at the Old Rectory by Irene Grimwood
It was 1942 and Britain was running out of food. Twenty-year-old Irene Gibbs had always fancied working on the land so she volunteered for the Women's Land Army. In this book, the author describes how they came to terms with back-breaking weeks of hoeing and the more relaxed days of harvest.Irene was born in a family of six girls and two boys at Bury St Edmunds in 1922. Her father William Gibbs, an acetylene welder, was secretary of the local Labour Party and her mother Lily was a lieutenant in the Salvation Army. When Irene was fifteen the family moved to Ipswich where she worked in Churchman's cigarette factory before joining the Women's Land Army.
After 'demob' Irene worked in Ipswich at Grimwade and Ridleys, food and drug packers. She married in 1948 and had two children. She spent a further spell packing at Grimwades, then 'worked on all the counters' at Footman's Food Hall (Lloyds Avenue, Ipswich, where Debenhams now stands) and as a deputy collector for Prudential Insurance.
In 1995 her second marriage was to Taffy Grimwood. They live in Ipswich
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| ISBN 13 | 9781903366004 |
| ISBN 10 | 1903366003 |
| Title | Land Girls at the Old Rectory |
| Author | Irene Grimwood |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fox Chapel Publishers International |
| Year published | 2000-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 104 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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