Thrilled to see plane I built during war

I WATCHED the report on the helicopter flight on the Queen’s Jubilee day from start to finish!

How thrilled I was to see the Swordfish – I called out to the TV “I helped to make those.” I am now 94, Leeds born and bred and married a Cornishman at the end of the war. Girls were called up for war work and after four years in a music shop went to work for Blackburns of Brough, who had a factory in Leeds. I loved the work and became an inspector of parts for the plane, which was built elsewhere.

However, seeing it on this special day, brought back so many lovely memories.

Mrs Louie Williams, Godolphin Cross Helston

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