Coming off night shift, Gwen went back to collect her jacket she had left in the magazine she had been...
I worked on the railway as a fireman from January 1940 till 1966. We would take the wagons of coal from...
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One lady in particular says she worked on a bench in the North side, and she dealt with cordite this...
We went down to the shelter when we were told, I was not particularly frightened, I can remember standing...
I worked in Mackeys; it was a place where they made shells and bullets....
Then it was made up into each individual's wages, and after it was checked we sealed the envelopes and...
Ernest was called up in March 1943 and, in the course of his basic training in Lincoln, he was found to be...
Working in the Cricklewood RAF Factory’ I was 20 or so years old when I joined up and I volunteered...
The factory was a subsidiary firm in Chester....
I had met my husband Frederick in Sheffield before the war, and we married in 1942 at St. Thomas's...
There were plenty of jobs for girls, as the boys had all gone into the forces... Before I went into the...
Instead of trousers we had to wear long split skirts which were very poor at stopping the extremely cold...
I was at school cycling to the bus stop which was a mile, always carrying a gas mask. i saw the battle...
During the war agriculture was a Reserved Occupation and as a tractor driver for several years, in 1941 I...
I was living in Lancashire, and I worked in a factory in Heeley Dell near Rochdale, making Mortar bombs....
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