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My mother was drafted into the munitions factory in Ruddington,near Nottingham.The following is just a few of the things I can remember she told me.
She said she drove a little electric car (I think she called it a "Dilly?" or was it a "Dillie?" This was piled with bombs or was it bomb cases.
The chemicals caused the skin to go orangy -yellow so all hair was to be tucked in and all exposed skin was covered in a special cream.Sometimes if they were going out that night,the girls would leave some of their hair out over their turban .This would leave them with a striking orange streak in their hair-very glam!!
In some of the sheds ,apparently women were not allowed to work, because the chemicals caused them to stop menstruating.Some of the chemicals
also had a nasty effect on the men.
At the time of a great push they allowed more bombs through than they should-strictly forbidden!!
On one occasion one of the sheds went up and they had to shelter in one of the trenches.They were also forbidden to talk about it at home.My Grandmother took one look at my mother's face and said"That she knew something had gone off "
and managed to wheedle it out of her.As my mother said later "Honestly -I could have been arrested for not keeping up the public moral"
I hope that this is of interest to future generations-a little social history.

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