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Women working on a shell painting machine
Women in Industry: Mother and daughter team working on a shell painting machine at a Sheffield munitions factory.
Three female factory workers on a lunch break
Three female factory workers on a lunch break during World War Two
Women welders making stirrup pump handles
Women welders making stirrup pump handles during the Second World War.
Joan Sumpter describes attitudes towards Unions
Joan Sumpter describes attitudes towards joining unions within Leicester factories during wartime
Olive Ratcliffe describes the impact of factory work on her mental health
Olive Radcliffe describes the ways in which working in a Leicester wartime factory impacted her mental health
Ada Harris describes her work day in a Leicester factory
Ada Harris describes working as a shell inspector in a Leicester war time factory
Queenie Hilda Roberts describes music in the work place
Queenie Hilda Roberts describes listening to music whislt she worked in a Leicester wartime factory
Malcolm Mason talks about starting work.
Malcolm Mason explains the limited options for most people leaving school in the 1950s.
Advert for career at Hart & Levy
An advert for a career at the clothing company Hart & Levy Ltd, Leicester
Advert for a career at Cascelloid
An advert for work at Cascelloid, Coalville