- Contributed byÌý
- wkflib
- People in story:Ìý
- Joan
- Location of story:Ìý
- Chelmsford
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A2772380
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 23 June 2004
I would leave my house in Wickford at 4pm and cycle to Chelmsford in the dark.
I worked at Hoffmans. My job was to view the bearings for Rolls Royce. This involved checking them to make sure they were of a certain standard and not rusty. If they were no good they were rejected. I worked at Hoffmans until part of it was bombed and then I got a job at Marconi. At Marconi my job was to wind coils. We were not sure what they were used for. I always worked nights.
I had a daughter, who was nine. We lived with some friends and my daughter was looked after during the day.
When I think about the war, I think about Chelmsford being really bombed and it was bombed so badly that we all had to walk home from Chelmsford because the town was so badly destroyed.
Joan June 2004
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