Land Girls training at the University Farm, Cambridge circa 1939 (CDN)

Animal Research Station / Cambridge University Farm / A R C Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Biochemistry

History of the Cambridge University Farm

1939 Animal Research Station

Charles D Pluck, b 1905, poultryman’s assistant

1939 10 05

A dressmaker, hairdresser, dancing instructor, office clerk, shop assistant and television worker are working side by side picking potatoes, milking cows, spreading manure and cleaning pigsties at the Cambridge University Farm on Huntingdon Road. The women are members of the Women’s Land Army undertaking a month’s training before being sent to work for farmers. Most are in their late teens or early twenties, although some are older. One is training alongside her two adult daughters, while her son and his brother are serving with the Tank Corps in France. 39 10 05

Credit: Mike Petty, Cambridge Huntingdon Road Scrapbook.

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1962

ARC Unit of Reproductive Physiology and Biochemistry

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2020

Cambridge University Farm