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The G.E.C. factory, Hartlepool also known as A.E.I. and Seimens at various times.
A double retirement
Donated by Mrs. Marion BunnA group of ladies from the G.E.C. 128 Store celebrate the retirement of Florence White and Violet Winslow. The factory is also decorated to mark the impending royal wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981.
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Cerebos Ladies v AEI Ladies
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Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceFor many years an annual Good Friday charity football match took place at Grayfields between ladies of the two factories. The 1962 match was won by Cerebos 2-1. Money was raised for Guide Dogs for the Blind and the match was kicked off by the Then mayor, Ald D R Ashton.
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Christmas at the Siemens Factory
Donated by Mrs. Mary SutheranMavis Hall (left), Mary Connor (centre) and Cynthia in the Siemens factory at Christmas, sometime in the 1950s.
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GEC jobs 1972
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Donated by Hartlepool Museum ServiceAn advert from 1972 for girls and women, terminology no longer allowed today, at GEC factory on Hartlepool Trading Estate.
A 15 year old girl would earn £5 a week when the advert was put out in March 1972 and aimed at the Easter school leavers.
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On the coil-winding machines
Donated by Mrs. Marion BunnMarion Bunn working the late shift (6.00pm - 10.00pm), on the G.E.C. coil-winding machines in 1975/76.
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Siemen Girls on Holiday
Donated by Mrs. Mary SutheranGirls from the Siemen's factory at Hartlepool on holiday at Butlin's Holiday Camp, Skegness. The two 'Mary Connors' were not related!
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West View Trading Estate
Donated by Hartlepool Library ServiceA road sweeper posing for a photograph at West View Trading Estate. The G.E.C. factory can be seen in the background.
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Workers Playtime
Donated by Mrs. Marion BunnLadies at the G.E.C. factory celebrate a collegue's retirement.
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Workers tea-time
Donated by Mrs. Marion BunnLadies at the GEC works taking a well-eraned tea break, in 1966. Marion Bunn is on the left, with Mary (?) in the centre, and Elsie O'Hara (?) on the right.
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