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1941: The war demands all hands on deck – women are doing their best to fill the gap but times are tough
Shipyard Girls at War
What you need to know before your trail
Rosie is flourishing in her role as head-welder while still keeping her double life a secret. But a dashing detective is forcing Rosie to choose between love and her duty.
Gloria is hiding her own little secret – one that if found out, could not only threaten her job, but her life.
And the shipyards are proving tougher than Polly ever imagined, while she waits for her man to return home safely.
Working as a welder on a ship is not the easiest of jobs but as a woman working in a male dominated environment, it’s nigh on impossible. The female workers had to endure catcalls, groping, pranks and insults.
Travel Guide
Sunderland and the Shipyards
The author says:
“Very little has been written about the remarkable women who, like Polly,Rosie, Gloria, Dorothy, Angie, Martha and Hannah, worked in the shipyards during WW2
There has never been any kind of commemoration, or indeed any praise, given to the seven hundred women who cared out such perilous work in such harsh conditions in the sunderland shipyards – of, for that matter, to the women who worked in other shipyards in the North East.
Without the shipyard, the country would have been forced to surrender, as the cargo vessels being built were essential for the transportation of vital, food, fuel and minerals – and, of course, troops
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Shipyard Girls at War
Author/Guide: Nancy Revell Destination: Sunderland, Hetton le Hole Departure Time: 1941
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