We’re fascinated by all the newspaper reports about women munition workers during the First World War.
In addition to the news and personal stories, there are some terrific adverts for hiring workers (we always like to know how much money our ancestors were earning) and the clothes that they needed for their work, etc.
Included below is an advert for the overalls that munition workers required, and also a story about the opening of a hostel in Newcastle in 1916 for women and girls who worked in munitions.
Evening Telegraph – Thursday 18 April 1918
Image © D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000563/19180418/053/0004
Newcastle Journal – Wednesday 17 May 1916
Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000569/19160517/004/0003
