Jobs for women during the war.

[katex]

Remember my mum saying that my gran worked at Howard and Bulloughs during the war; knew they did 'things' there during World War ll, but my gran would have been too old for this .. must have been World War l. Would I be correct ? Not much talked about what women did during this war.

Know my mum (although a weaver), was taken off to deliver milk for Whitewell Dairies .. told stories to me of how the milk float slid down Dill Hall Lane in the snow and ice.

Anybody have any other memories of their mums/grandmothers doing this special work during the wars ?

[West Ender]

When my parents moved back from Spondon in 1941 my dad worked at Bristol Aircraft and my mum, who hadn't worked since she got married, went to work at the ROF in Guide. She made the fuses for bombs (the place was known as the Fuse Factory). She wasn't there very long because she became pregnant - with me.

My aunt Elsie, who had a baker's shop, was also in the WVS and did various volunteer jobs including taking in girls, for a while, who were evacuated from Manchester. Another 2 of mum's sisters worked at "The Fuse", with mum, and her sister in Whitley Bay, my aunt Emmie, became a Red Cross Nurse who worked at a dressings station near the docks in North Shields until the end of the war.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by katex

Remember my mum saying that my gran worked at Howard and Bulloughs during the war; knew they did 'things' there during World War ll, but my gran would have been too old for this .. must have been World War l. Would I be correct ? Not much talked about what women did during this war.

Know my mum (although a weaver), was taken off to deliver milk for Whitewell Dairies .. told stories to me of how the milk float slid down Dill Hall Lane in the snow and ice.

Anybody have any other memories of their mums/grandmothers doing this special work during the wars ?

Katex
You will have to join one of the world war forums for the real answers, I do know that there were many women employed at Lang Bridges, mostly on shell production.
I remember one in the fitting shop she drove the overhead cage. She was the spitting image of Maureen O'Hara.


Retlaw.

[nortype]

my mum worked at rof guide.

[jaysay]

My mother worked at Bulloughs during the war, can remember my Dad telling me about the time he came home on leave and surprised her outside the works one afternoon, that was just before he was posted to North Africa

[cashman]

me mam worked at english electric during the war, never mentioned it much, which is a bit odd, cos she never shut up normally. sure she once said munitions, can anyone verify it?

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by cashman

me mam worked at english electric during the war, never mentioned it much, which is a bit odd, cos she never shut up normally. sure she once said munitions, can anyone verify it?

Do you mean the factory in Clayton le moors, if so, that was the Bristol Aircraft Works, it was purpose built for the production of Radial Engines.

It did'nt become English Electric till after WW2

Retlaw.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

Do you mean the factory in Clayton le moors, if so, that was the Bristol Aircraft Works, it was purpose built for the production of Radial Engines.

It did'nt become English Electric till after WW2

Retlaw.

yep thats the one, had forgot the name Retlaw, was always English Electric to me.

[BERNADETTE]

I'm sure my Dad worked in the aircraft part, will have to ask my Mum dates and so forth if she can remember.

[shillelagh]

my mum smuggled stuff over the border as she was in northern ireland at the time .. she used to tell me stories of going over to eire (as they were neutral) on her bicycle and bringing stuff back for the family.