Peggie's life in Stutton started in 1942, when at the age of fourteen, she started work at Stutton Lodge as a parlour maid. This being during the war domestic staff were restricted.
"I spent six years doing various jobs and finished up as Cook and Housekeeper, which although hard work, I enjoyed," she said. "We used to have a youth club in the village and every Saturday afternoon we would collect wastepaper etc. to help the war effort. There was also a Welcome Home Fund which held Whist Drives and Dances so we could give of good party to people serving in the forces from the village.
"In 1948, I married Freddie Way from Brantham and restarted work at Manor Farm as a tractor driver. We moved to a new house in a Manor Lane and have been living here for 52 years, being very lucky to have Sir Clavering Fison as a boss. We have one daughter. After Sir Clavering retired, Freddie was made a Farm Manager. He has now retired from full-time work and now just works part-time to keep things going.
"We have always been very active in the village organisations including:
| Flower Show, |
| Youth Club, |
| Village Hall Committee, |
| Football Club, |
| Parish Council, |
| Community Council, |
| Carpet Bowls Club. |
"I collect for British Legion Poppy Day and have just completed 54 years at it.
"We are enjoying a retirement and have so many friends and a family living just across the fields and a grandson now married and living in Ipswich.
"We just hope we can live in Stutton for the rest of a lives."