Lucy has lived in Old Marston all her life, the daughter of the local farmer who looked after the OPT land.  Her mother was a member, then secretary of the local OPT Marston Committee in the 1950s, something that Lucy followed on in 1980, later becoming an OPT Trustee and served on the Land Committee. She became Secretary of the Marston Area Committee in 1979.  She was elected Vice President in 2016.