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When you reached the age of 17 everybody had to do some sort of essential work so it was either joining the forces or working on munitions or some other essential work. I worked for the Admiralty in a munitions factory in Leeds. I wore a navy uniform with a badge on. My job was as an inspector.

The factory made detonators for torpedoes and I had to inspect and pass each part as it went through the factory. The part had to have an inspectors stamp on before it could go to the next stage. The girls who were making these parts were on piece work so didn't like it if we gave them their work back, but on the whole we all got on well.

I can remember every so often some big-wigs, in full uniform, from the Navy would come and look around the factory.

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