Introduction to My Mothers Diaries

My Mother’s Diaries – The Hiltonbury Farming Family Story In 1948 my mother "Peggy" Vining a Farmers wife and Mother, at the time of four Children started life at Hiltonbury Farm Chandlers Ford in Hampshire, Southern England just six Miles West of Southampton.Mother started writing a daily diary in January 1948 and they continued until she passed away in 1994 These entries give a quiet, intimate glimpse into everyday life on a Hampshire farm in the years just after the Second World War — family routines, farming work, weather, worries, and small moments that mattered.This podcast is my, tribute, preserving a my mother’s words and voice for future generations, and sharing a piece of English rural life as it was once lived.These Readings are about our Family growing up on the farm and In this first episode I introduce myself and how and why I have come to write these diaries. So sit back and enjoy these tales from an England rather different from today.