Dunkirk Evacuation

WORKERS WELFARE AT A ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY: LIFE AT ROF BRIDGEND, JANUARY 1942

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A female war worker fixes her hair and checks her appearance in the mirror in the bedroom she shares with another war worker at the hostel attached to ROF Bridgend. Her friend is looking for something in the wardrobe. Family photos and a vase of flowers help to brighten up the dressing table. According to the original caption, this was a "central-heated bedroom, fitted with wash-basin, wardrobe and chest of drawers".

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A female war worker fixes her hair in the bedroom she shares with another worker at the hostel attached to the Royal Ordnance Factory, Bridgend, in January 1942.

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