Biographies
Alice
– Born in 1913, Alice lost her husband and so was
a single parent working to support herself and her son.
She worked full time at the factory between 1951 and 1975.
Amy – Amy went to Rowntrees
straight from school. She worked at the factory almost
continuously from 1941 to 1987, both full and part time.
Audrey – Audrey worked at Rowntrees
several times between 1948 and 1984. She spent many
years as a married woman on the evening shift. She was
a checkweigher and had to weigh women’s work to
make sure they had packed the right number of sweets.
Betty – Born in 1917, Betty
worked at the factory as a single woman for 6 months
in 1939. During the Second World War she worked at a
factory making telescope lenses.
Brenda – Brenda worked at the
factory as a single girl from 1946 to 1950, when she
left to get married.
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