The Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory - Aycliffe Angels
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Why were they called 'The Aycliffe Angels'?
What did the Factory manufacture?
Plans and Photos of the Factory (1940s)
TIMELINE of the Factory & Workers
People killed in accidents at Aycliffe
Workers Houses and Accommodation
350 Houses on Secret Estate in Darlington
Winston Churchill visits the Aycliffe Factory (1942)
Mrs Dillon - Senior ROF worker who received a medal
Photo Gallery 1 - (Admin Staff)
Photo Gallery 2 - (Production Staff)
Photo Gallery 3 - (Individual Angels)
Photo Gallery 4 - (ROF site in 1945)
Photo Gallery 5 - (Other Photos/Staff)
Photo Gallery 6 - (ROF Fire Brigade)
Documents and Certificates etc...
What the factory looks like today
What the factory looks like today (more photos)
Honour at last, thanks to The Northern Echo
Recent News about The Aycliffe Angels
Contact Information for Aycliffe Angels - Homefront Heroes
Links for History of The Aycliffe Angels
Guestbook
Mail Form
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Individual photos of some 'Angels'...
 | Photos originally donated to The Northern Echo. Please do not reproduce without permission.
These are individual 1940s photographs of some of the Aycliffe Angels.
We would like to add more photographs to this page in due course.
If you have any pictures of an 'Angel' or have any relatives who would like to see their photo here then please get in touch. This page is not limited to female workers, photos of male employees are also welcome.
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Maisie White - Aycliffe Angel
This is a photo of Aycliffe Angel Maisie White from Darlington, aged about 30.
Please see Photo Gallery #1 for a photo of Maisie with her colleagues at the Aycliffe ROF (link below). |
Aycliffe Angel - Elsie Wright
 This is a photo of Elsie Wright taken in the 1940s.
Elsie worked at the Aycliffe ROF during the war. This photo was kindly provided by Elsie's daughter, Sheila Coulson.
In Sheila's words -
"Sadly my mother died some years ago and never talked much about what she did. I do know she lost part of her finger in an accident".
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Zoe Smith (Nee West)
 Before going to the R.O.F. at Aycliffe, Zoe had to go to the Wallsend Training School for 8 weeks, to train as a "fitteress". She had to stay in lodgings during that time.
Zoe is now in her 83rd year and still looks back on the shift-work, long hours and travelling from West Hartlepool by train, as some of her happiest worthwhile days.
For a Wartime photograph of Zoe and her collegues at Aycliffe please click the link below. |
Florence Gray - Process Tools Dept.
 Florence Gray, pictured, was friendly with Zoe West (above) and she wrote poems about her days at the wartime munitions factory.
I beleive Florence and Zoe both worked as maintenance "fitteresses" as part of the Process Tools department, and can bee seen in their overalls on some of the group photos.
She wrote a poem about Mrs Dillon, an elderly ROF worker who received the British Empire Medal for services to her country (click link below to read more). |
Vera Barber (Nee Coulthard ) & R.O.F Colleagues
 This is a photo Vera Barber (nee Coulthard), pictured back, left with some of her Wartime colleagues from Aycliffe ROF.
Also on the photo are Sally Rostlow (?) pictured back, right, Margaret Laverick pictured front, left and Queenie Suggett pictured front, right. All worked in the office, Group 3.
Photograph taken in 1945.
Many thanks to Vera for this and other photos. |
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