Margaret Davies (née Nixon)

General Information

Margaret Nixon in her WLA uniform.

First Name(s): Margaret

Unmarried Surname: Nixon

Married name: Davies (married 1946)

Date of Birth: 19.4.1924

Place of Birth: Wallsend, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear.

Date joined WLA: 1943

Date left: October 1944. Left after 1 year 7 months.

WLA number: 107873

Previous occupation: Worked in a dress shop.

Reasons for joining: To help with the war.

Family’s reaction to joining: Very pleased.

Employment

Worked on Strikes Farm, Egglescliffe, Yarm, Co Durham.

Type of work undertaken: Farm work, milking cows, hay making, tilling the land etc.

Best and worst memories: Best, making friends. Feeling as though she was helping the war effort.

Opportunities to meet other Land Girls: Egglescliffe, Yarm, Co Durham.

Margaret Nixon holding a spade.
Margaret with her friend, Myra Dunn.
A drawing of Margaret in her WLA uniform.
Margaret wearing her WLA great coat and hat.
Margaret’s copies of The Land Girl magazine.

Life after the war

Reasons for leaving: Sadly my mum had to leave due to her mother being very ill & having to take care of her.

How did work in the WLA effect their life? It made my mum feel proud that she had done her bit for the war.

Margaret’s discharge slip.
A letter from the WLA County Office at Durham informing Margaret that she was discharged from the WLA.
Margaret’s milking coat, later covered with paint after decorating her house.
Margaret’s copy of The Women’s Land Army by Vita Sackville-West.

Contributor Information

Susan Alice Liddle, Daughter.

A humorous drawing by Margaret.

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