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Re: Braceros During WWII

ElizabethPaz3 — 2013-01-31 18:51:06Z

Thanks you

any of these names familiar?? Agnes Wrightson, Ethel & Stan Harvey , Bob Crawford

dakotakammer — 2012-11-19 00:00:01Z

my mom also remembers a foreman who worked with her with the name Agnes Wrightson,, she was a major with the Salvation Army and used to have them all sing hymns while they were working to help the time go quicker.
also an Ethel who married a Stan Harvey right after the war
also a pretty young girl with the last name of Cameron she was a ballet dancer

there was also a Bob Crawford mom thinks he was around 75 years of age and one of the partners with Priddies.
my uncle Cyril worked at Hasler munitions thats where he met my aunt Gwen Ingolotti.

more info on Priddies Hard Munition Factory Gosport Hants

dakotakammer — 2012-11-18 23:58:43Z

Re: Priddies in Gosport Hants England

infosending1 — 2012-11-13 08:26:29Z

The munition factory at Priddy's Hard in Gosport is now the site of a museum which celebrates the history of it's munitions production.

The place is also reputed to be haunted. !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priddy's_Hard

http://www.explosion.org.uk/

http://www.gosport.info/Stories___Memories/Gosport_Ghosts/Pr...

http://www.mygosport.org/info_pages_htm/att_explosion.htm

http://www.mygosport.org/info_pages_htm/war_d_day.htm

http://www.mygosport.org/info_pages_htm/gosport_forum.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/58/a33938...

Re: Priddies in Gosport Hants England

infosending1 — 2012-11-13 07:55:27Z

Your mom might soon be getting a medal for her WW2 war service.

For several years, campaigners, including several members of Parliament have been urging the British Government to issue a medal in recognition of the vital contribution made to the winning of both world wars by civilian war workers, and in particular to the munition workers, whose job was physically demanding and arduous, and often extremely dangerous, and most of whom were women.

This year, on Remembrance Sunday, at 11a.m. on the 11th November 2012, for the first time, a poppy wreath was laid at the Cenotaph in Whitehall in London, to commemorate the wartime munition workers.

A parliamentary committee is currently considering the issue of a medal to wartime munition workers.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/07/a23115...

http://www.itv.com/news/central/2012-11-09/war-heroines-reme...

http://www.robertflello.com/#/munitions-workers/4542039105

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2170652/Women-war-mun...

http://www.dgstandard.co.uk/dumfries-news/local-news-dumfrie...

http://www.itv.com/news/border/2012-11-09/world-war-2-muniti...

http://www.histomil.com/viewtopic.php?f=95&p=73487

http://www.sallysbadges.com/shop.php?c=90

Hard to imagine ones mother doing that sort of thing, isn't it ?, but they did, and it's not really so long ago, less than one person's lifetime.

Look around at all of the modern gadgetry and ways of life and the ways of doing things today that everyone takes for granted, if they hadn't done what they did, most people wouldn't be around today to experience modern life.

They deserve a bit better than being shoved into a care home and so on, and most of them don't get the credit or reward that they deserve.

The old man or woman shuffling along on their zimmer, and how many people realise that without them, they might not be around today. ?

Priddies in Gosport Hants England

dakotakammer — 2012-11-11 19:32:42Z

anyone have any information or pictures of Priddies. or Priddys hard munition factory in Gosport 1941- to 1945
my mom Dorothy Ingolotti worked there she was 19 years old. just looking for some info about the time and the factory, mom remembers some of the people that she worked with,
thanks Rita

Re: Braceros During WWII

matthewhenning_1 — 2011-11-02 02:23:21Z

The book Impossible Subjects discusses Braceros.

Re: Braceros During WWII

Champlain9 — 2011-08-19 17:57:40Z

Elizabeth
There is loads on the internet.

Regards

Braceros During WWII

ElizabethPaz3 — 2011-06-29 23:13:29Z

Both my grand-father's and one great grandfather were Bracero workers during WWII and WWI. One worked in the Walnut Factory in Calfornia. It is my understanding that they all came thru Texas via this program. I note that they got paid 50 cents a day, that of which half got take and "saved" by the govn. Does anyone have any more information with respect to this program.