251969 Margaret Lown Royal Ordnance Factory 59 Aycliffe from:Hartlepool I was discussing with my mother about my grandmother on my father's side, I am not sure when she started but she worked a number of years during the Second World War. She used to get the train from Hartlepool and worked mainly nights. However, her name does not appear on the list of workers I do hope it can be added.
Her name was Margaret Lown, (Maggie). Guessing but her age may have been late forties when she was working there. At the time she had 3 children who were looked after by the eldest who was my dad, as her husband was badly injured in a work accident and lost half his leg and was in a union rest home. It could have been Manor House Park down south. He did spend a long time down there. (I am unsure of the name of the recuperation home}. It must have been a hard time for her. My mother said her skin turned yellow, for some time during the time working there.
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