- Contributed by听
- Back2Backs
- People in story:听
- Kathleen Haydon
- Location of story:听
- Woking; Coventry and Birmingham
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A6406652
- Contributed on:听
- 26 October 2005
鈥淲e鈥檙e all old here, we all know about the war. You don鈥檛 know about it 鈥 you鈥檙e too young鈥
January 1942
I was conscripted to come and work in a factory 鈥 previously was given 6 weeks engineering training in Guildford Grammar School.
Working in Woking at Inkerman Barracks 鈥 as a nurse for the officer鈥檚 children. They were too old for me to keep me out being conscripted.
Most girls were sent to Coventry but I ended up with Scottish girls in Brum (majority were from Glasgow). Came to work in Baxters, screwmakers, Sheepcote Street then from there to Weyman Street to a proper engineering factory that made machine tools.
I threatened to go home from Baxters because I was bored so they move me.
I met my husband in this second company. He was working in the tool room and so was I.
We got married on Whit Saturday 鈥 early morning in Summer Hill Methodist Chapel in 1943 鈥 we had the weekend for our honeymoon at home.
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