The Archive · 1940

Mow They Live

Drafted to acrodromes all over the country they live under the same sort ff discipline as the men, As. far as possible they are not housed in. bar= Facks, because girls do not take to institutional life as easily as men. They like fo have a little "place of their own" in which they can take personal interest.

Accommodation has, of course, 10 be according to what is available. -Sometimes they are given "married quar~ ters"—the houses near an aerodrome which the men and. their families occupy ai normal times, Sometimes they are billeted in houses in the vil-age. "At one aerodrome T visited, the its were living eight to a house' and were very happy.

'Their daily routine is: up at 7.15, oan, wash, dress, do their rooms, and parade for breakfast at Bam, each iti carrying a mug and a knife, fork and spoon. The "mugs" are often very pretty dainty cups, begged from home' or buusht in the cheap stores. tait-an hour for breakfast, served in "mess" at tables, sometimes plain oad, sometimes enamelled topped.

After Ureakfast a quarter of an hour is allowed for them to wash up. their own cups and cutlery and put them away. This means a quick return to their quarters, a hurried powdering of noses and then off to work.

Houre vary according to the requirements 6f the job they are doin) They may be on in a straight run it the work is of that nature or they may have broken time if the 3ob_ demands it. They work as long as; they are wanted but generally most of them are free in the evenings.

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