Guest Pete Wood Posted 20 October , 2004 Share Posted 20 October , 2004 I would like to draw attention to the Royal Arsenal Woolwich website (click here). This site has some unique photos of women munitions workers and the buildings in which they worked. The website is hosted free of charge. But it is in danger of being removed, because it doesn't get enough visitors. It would be a shame if the memories of Britain's biggest shell factory are allowed to slip away. All you have to do to save this website is to click on the above link, and spend a few minutes looking at a few pages and some pictures which have been put together by some former Arsenal employees. Click on the Miscellaneous section, and then you will see Munition Workers. If you click on the pictures, they get bigger. If you like what you see, you can leave a line in their guestbook....... Please tell others to visit this site. All they need are a few hundred visits over the next month, or so, and the website will be saved. You will also find an address to track down the surviving records of munition workers Many thanks Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 20 October , 2004 Share Posted 20 October , 2004 Remembering the girls who won the war Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KONDOA Posted 20 October , 2004 Share Posted 20 October , 2004 Thanks for the heads up there RT. My grandmother actually worked there and it is nice to be able to find some record of the Arsenal staff preserved. I think the photographs should be compulsory viewing for aspiring HSE personel as a reality check!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 24 October , 2004 Share Posted 24 October , 2004 IThe website is hosted free of charge. But it is in danger of being removed, because it doesn't get enough visitors. It would be a shame if the memories of Britain's biggest shell factory are allowed to slip away. Pete, Thank you. It's an excellent site. I have emailed them re some information about my family who I beleive worked there. Robbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marina Posted 24 October , 2004 Share Posted 24 October , 2004 Some great pics of the workers there - the factory floor loks so crowded! Marina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Beckett Posted 25 October , 2004 Share Posted 25 October , 2004 RT, thanks for the link. Dad worked there from 1939 til 1942 when he joined the RAF. Used to travel from Tottenham to the Arsenal everyday, including the Blitz. Probably explains why he was a Gunners fan all his life. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie Posted 25 October , 2004 Share Posted 25 October , 2004 RT, thanks for the link. Dad worked there from 1939 til 1942 when he joined the RAF. Used to travel from Tottenham to the Arsenal everyday, including the Blitz. Probably explains why he was a Gunners fan all his life. Peter Hi Peter, I note that you're an Aussie also. Did your Dad emigrate after WW2? robbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gord97138 Posted 25 October , 2004 Share Posted 25 October , 2004 Pete: Thanks for the info and link to the site-very interesting! gordon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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