Land Army at Pencubitt

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Peggy, Dot, Bunney, Jean, Vera, and Nelly. Some of the Womens Land Army Girls in 1944 enjoying themselves in the snow.

 

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Above left, the Land Army girls on board the truck from Pencubitt to start their day in the fields of surrounding farms. Digging potatoes, milking cattle and sheep dipping were some of the activities they were involved in.

 

Above right, Vera met and married John Hoskins from Bokenna Farm at Dobwalls and lived on in Liskeard

 

Land Army Girls 1944

These are the Land Army Girls at Pencubitt in 1944. This photograph is from the collection held by Vera Hoskin seated bottom far right.

 

Pencubitt 1944

Click on the image above for a link to the BBC War Archives story of the Land Army at Pencubitt