Maud Bruce stood next to a bench wearing her munitions workers uniform from H.M. Factory Gretna. This is a black and white photo from the past.

Maud lived to celebrate her 100th Birthday! 🎂🎁

If you would like to read Maud's Story you can read more about her here:
www.devilsporridge.org.uk/the-marvelou...

Please be aware this blog was written in June 2021. Thanks to all involved. 👏 😀

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A portrait photo of Maud Bruce. She is wearing a munitions uniform. This is a black and white photo from the past.

Meet the AMAZING Maud Bruce! 🤩

Bravely, she helped to put out fires at H.M. Factory Gretna. Due to her brave actions she was awarded a medal (a very important one). 🎖️

That's not all! She later went on to work at Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Aycliffe in WW2.

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Worker of the Week: Gertrude Menzies Harding - The Devil's Porridge Museum Worker of the Week: Gertrude Menzies Harding. She was a suffragette, who could have worked in the welfare department at H.M. Factory Gretna.

Read more about Gertrude here: www.devilsporridge.org.uk/worker-of-th...

⭐Worker of the Week is a series of blog posts which shares the story of someone connected to H.M. Factory Gretna.

A huge thank you to our research volunteers for making this possible! 😀

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Portrait of Gertrude Menzies Harding from the past. She is wearing a hat.

As Women's History Month continues, we thought we would share the story of Gertrude Menzies Harding. Born in Canada, Gertrude moved to London in 1912 & became a suffragette.

We think she worked in the Welfare Department at H.M. Factory Gretna.

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Worker of a Week is a series of blog posts, which shares the story of someone connected to H.M. Factory Gretna each week

We'd like to say huge thank you to our research volunteers past and present for all their support with this! 👏

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Worker of the Week: Mabel Cotterell - The Devil's Porridge Museum Worker of the Week is a weekly blogpost series which will highlight one of the workers at H.M. Gretna our volunteers have researched for The Miracle Workers Project. This is...

Learn more about Mabel Cotterell here: www.devilsporridge.org.uk/worker-of-th...

(Please be aware this blog post was originally published and written in August 2021 as part of The Miracle Workers Research Project.)

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Worker of a Week is a series of blog posts, which shares the story of someone connected to H.M. Factory Gretna.

As always a huge thank you goes to our research volunteers for making this possible.

#WorkeroftheWeek #localhistory #localhistorymatters #HMFactoryGretna

A collage of four photos which include some slices of corn beef, a bowl of Worchester sauce, a jar of honey and some grated cheese.

This week we're sharing our last blog about a group of munitions workers charged with a theft from a local shop in 1917. Each one had to face the consequences of their actions in court. This week's blog is about Ellen Doran.

Read more: www.devilsporridge.org.uk/worker-of-th...

#WorkeroftheWeek

Worker of a Week is a series of blog posts, which shares the story of someone connected to H.M. Factory Gretna.

Thank you to all our research volunteers for their help with this! ⭐

#WorkeroftheWeek #localhistory #localhistorymatters #HMFactoryGretna

Worker of a Week is a Wednesday series of blog posts, which shares the story of someone connected to H.M. Factory Gretna.

Thank you to our research volunteers for helping to make this happen. 👏

#WorkerofTheWeek #localhistory #localhistorymatters #HMFactoryGretna

1️⃣The first of these is Minnie Turnbull (and we'll be sharing some more about a couple of the other munitions workers involved in coming weeks).

Find more about Minnie and learn about food at H.M. Factory Gretna here: www.devilsporridge.org.uk/worker-of-th...

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Three bottles of Worcestershire sauce, two tins of corned beef, six jars of honey and nine chunks of cheese. The Devil's Porridge Museum logo is in the lower left corner.

On this month (February) in 1917, The Dumfries & Galloway Standard reported on a theft that saw a group of munitions workers steal some honey, cheese, corn beef and Worcestershire sauce from a local Gretna shop. 🧀🍯

They all had to face the consequences of their actions.

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Remember every Wednesday we share the story of someone connected to H.M. Factory Gretna.

👏Thank you to our research volunteers, who have helped to make this possible.

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A street of houses on Vancouver Road, Eastriggs in the past. This is an archive photo from an auction book of H.M. Factory Gretna which was created in 1924

Our latest Worker of the Week is Herbert Sharp Greenough. He lived in Vancouver Road in Eastriggs and worked at a chemist at H.M. Factory Gretna.👨‍🔬

Find out more about Herbert here: www.devilsporridge.org.uk/worker-of-th...

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On Wednesday's we like to share a the story of someone connected to H.M. Factory Gretna with our Worker of the Week blog.

Thank you to Wilfred's relatives for kindly sharing this photo and some information with us.

Another thank you to our research volunteers.

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Worker of the Week: James Auld - The Devil's Porridge Museum Worker of the Week: James Auld. During his time at H.M. Factory Gretna he was threatened, appears in a article about "Unbusiness-Like Methods"

You can find out more about James Auld here: www.devilsporridge.org.uk/worker-of-th...

👏Thank you to all our research volunteers.

Remember on Wednesdays we'll be sharing the story of someone connected to H.M. Factory Gretna with our Worker of the Week blog.

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Of course things settled down a bit for James Auld after that...

He only seems to appear in newspapers for two different careless driving incidents, plus the articles about him "fire-raising at three farms" in 1941.

Obviously, he'd finished working at the factory by then though.

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Returning from Work. Gretna Township Station. A busy train station at Gretna with people getting of a train. This is a black and white photo from the past.

2️⃣ Next, James may have been involved in some "unbusiness-like methods" at the factory.

Perhaps this would not have come to light if it hadn't been for Harry Ainsworth clocking into his shift early & heading off to Gretna township on the train that time. 🙄

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Stay tuned! Every Wednesday we'll be sharing the story of someone connected to H.M. Factory Gretna with our Worker of the Week blogs.

A huge thank you goes to all our research volunteers for helping to make this possible! 👏

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A painting featuring Mary Annie Anderson holding a football with three fellow members of the Mossband Swifts team in the background. A stand for seating members of the crowd is behind them.

One of the members of The Mossband Swifts was Mary Annie Anderson, who appears in the foreground of this beautiful painting.

Anyone want to learn more about her?

Read about Annie in our latest Worker of the Week blog here: www.devilsporridge.org.uk/worker-of-th...

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Forgot my own #WorkerOfTheWeek gimmick!

It's gotta be Shelton Benjamin for that killer #C2 match against Mark Briscoe. Only suffering a loss to Swerve, #AEW really reminded me how great Shelton is by showcasing him on a near-weekly basis. Max Caster was wrong, Shelton is a great fit for AEW 🤼

After #AEWFullGear my #WorkerOfTheWeek has to be The Protostar Kyle Fletcher. From the Aussie Open goober with bad hair to an exciting, unique, and explosion professional. Hope they have something great planned ahead for him

Got my #WorkerOfTheWeek banner gimmick ready for tomorrow 🤼 #AEWFullGear

You know what, we stan Harley on this account! New account so she's my first #WorkerOfTheWeek #AEW #Wrestlesky 🤼