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Originally Posted by Anne Jagger

Hi there. This is Anne and I live in East Yorkshire. My mother was from Ossy and worked at the aircraft factory up to December 1941 when she married my father who also worked at the factory. Believe dad was an engineer and mum, an inspector. Just spoken to an Uncle who lives near Blackburn and was told the factory was in Clayton whereas I thought it was the Burnley area. Can anyone tell me if there are any photo's taken in or around the factory, or books written of its history I could purchase. I'm hoping to visit the area this month and would love to see where mum and dad were during the war. Any info would be most welcome and thank you. Anne.

Hi Anne.
My Father started at Bristol in 1939 just after the factory was opened, he was a machine setter, the factory produced Bristol Radial Engines, I doubt you will find many photos, it was a Government Factory, cameras were not allowed, I remember father telling me of an accident, and a draughtsnmn had to make drawings
of it, again cameras were'nt allowed. They did have an open day towards the end of the war when relatives of the workers were given guided tours. It was such a big place I don't remember much of it. I did work there myself for a short time in 1952 when it was English Electric. There is a museum in Scotland that has several Bristol Radial Engines, some of them are cut aways to show the workings, can't remember now just where abouts the museum was