[1][2][3] Born to parents who were entertainers, Batchelor's first major public performance was at the age of eight as "Baby Peggy", dancing the troops across the stadium each night for the ten weeks of the Wembley Tattoo at the British Empire Exhibition in 1925.
B. Priestley’s "Eden End,” Peggy Batchelor received well-deserved recognition from an even larger than usual audience at the New Hall, Tiverton, on Tuesday.
Miss Batchelor had obviously spared no pains to get well under the skin of her part of forthright but kind-hearted family servant the pre-1914-18 war era, and her attention to detail in the matter of accent was just one of the things which gave her performance that audience appeal which comes from really good acting.
[29] Batchelor also had a close relationship with the Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, directing and appearing in plays herself,[28][30][31][27] and providing students of the Ridley Studios for child and teenage roles in performances there.
[1][13][32][33] The chairman of one county drama association considered her "a lady of national repute which makes her views of the work offered a valuable contribution to raising the standards.
[12] Whilst in Lahore, India, Batchelor met RAF Squadron Leader Air Commodore Arthur Clegg on 1 September 1944 after one of her performances.