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Object description
Interesting ts account (22pp), written in 2002, of her experiences working at Short Brothers aircraft factory, based at various sites in Rochester Kent (September 1939 - January 1946), initially in the offices but, from 1941, on the shop floor working primarily as a riveter but also filling in where required as a fitter and on assembly duties on a variety of aircraft as well as a brief period in 1944 working on the 'Tall Boy' bomb, mentioning an awareness of resentment, and initial occurrences of teasing, mostly from the younger men on the shop floor, her enjoyment of the work and of factory life, the difficulty of adjusting to night shifts, her romance and eventual marriage to one of the factory inspectors, and also mentioning the loss of her father (while serving with the Royal Marines) and the impact of their loss on her mother and on her home life. The account is accompanied by one contemporaneous photograph of Mrs Hurlock and a small booklet on Short Brothers.
Content description
Interesting ts account (22pp), written in 2002, of her experiences working at Short Brothers aircraft factory, based at various sites in Rochester Kent (September 1939 - January 1946), initially in the offices but, from 1941, on the shop floor working primarily as a riveter but also filling in where required as a fitter and on assembly duties on a variety of aircraft as well as a brief period in 1944 working on the 'Tall Boy' bomb, mentioning an awareness of resentment, and initial occurrences of teasing, mostly from the younger men on the shop floor, her enjoyment of the work and of factory life, the difficulty of adjusting to night shifts, her romance and eventual marriage to one of the factory inspectors, and also mentioning the loss of her father (while serving with the Royal Marines) and the impact of their loss on her mother and on her home life. The account is accompanied by one contemporaneous photograph of Mrs Hurlock and a small booklet on Short Brothers.
History note
Cataloguer AAM
History note
Catalogue date 2002-12-12