The Story of 'The Angels'
Where does all this information come from
Why were they called 'The Aycliffe Angels'?
What did the Factory manufacture?
Plans and Photos of the Factory (1940s)
TIMELINE of the Factory & Workers
Winston Churchill visits the Aycliffe Factory (1942)
Mrs Dillon - Senior ROF worker who received a medal
Honour at last, thanks to The Northern Echo
The Aycliffe Angels 2000-2020
Extremely dangerous work...
Workers' Houses and Accommodation
350 Houses on Secret Estate in Darlington
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 - (ROF Fire Brigade)
Documents and Certificates etc...
What's left of Aycliffe ROF?
Surviving ROF buildings...
Links for History of The Aycliffe Angels
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PHOTO GALLERY – Admin Staff
 | Staff at the Cost Department at ROF Aycliffe between 1941 and 1945. The signatures seem to be - Dorothy Smith, Elsie Wiper, Jennie Palmer (?), Olive Greaves, Doris Urwin, Alice Crawford, Edith Lindale, Doris Lamb, Maisie J Forster, Doris M Hutchinson, Ida Adams, E Guy, O Stoves, E Hindmarsh, EC Palmer, D Hunt, Patricia Garnett, Audrey Proud, CJ (?) Wright, D Brydon, G Peacock, D Ritchie, N Swann, Galdys Walker, E Larkin, Sadie Walker and Peggy Young.
All Photographs courtesy of The Northern Echo |
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The Process Tools Office
 | | The staff of the Process Tools Office at Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Aycliffe, in 1941. The signatures on the photograph's cover, some of which are not easy to decipher, appear to be GR Black, Lillian Watling, J Huck(?), M Banks, JW Hill(?), V Armstrong, WH Egglestone and James Allan(?). |
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Maisie White from Darlington and Colleagues...
 | | Maisie White from Darlington, with workmates from the Aycliffe Munitions Factory (pictured centre front.) |
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Joan Parkinson and Friends....
 | | Former munitions worker Joan Parkinson pictured (circled) with her former collegues in this war time photograph. |
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Entertainments Dept. Staff
 | Entertainments Dept. Staff at Aycliffe.
Photograph kindly supplied by Eric Welsh. He is the young boy pictured in the back row. |
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Progress Department
 | Management, office workers & Progress Chasers from all groups. Taken at Admin R.O.F. Aycliffe.
Photograph courtesy of Vera Barber (nee Coulthard) pictured 6th from left, back row. |
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Labour Department at Aycliffe
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First Row (seated)
David Evans, Norman Hughes, Teddie Caygill and Eric Harker (Welsh)
Second Row (seated)
Miss C. Crosse, Miss E. Fennessy, Miss K. E. Wood, Miss D. P. Hinde, Mr W. A. Bird, Miss R. T. Vickery, Mr. H. A. Lacey, Mr. E. Maughan, Mrs J. L. Schirmer, Major G. V. Wickham, Mrs M. M. Atkinson, Mr J. I. Stevenson, Miss M. Davidson
Third Row
Miss N. Tait, Miss P.Dowson, Miss M. Patterson, Miss J. Coates, Miss R. Pocklington, Miss E. Shaw, Miss D. Baxter, Mrs I. Fawcett, Miss S. Mackay, Miss W. M. Gill, Miss H. Rowcliffe, Miss E. Mailer, Miss M. Spence, Miss M. Langhorne, Miss M. Jordan
Fourth Row
Mr J. H. Metcalfe, Mr W. Evans, Miss A. Lee, Mrs A. Steele, Miss V. Topp, Miss G. J. J. Holloway, Miss H. R. Hardy, Miss E. M. Lloyd-Jones, Miss W. Scott, Miss D. Mather, Mrs. Hewerson, Mrs. Tindale, Mrs. Bartle, Mr D. W. Jones, Mr Illingworth
Fifth Row (back)
Miss J. Thompson, Miss M. J. Harrison, Miss T. Feeley, Mrs A. Nicholls, Miss D. Dixon, Mrs E. Stephens, Miss J. Pickering, Miss E. J. Lightwood, Miss J. Barron, Miss M. Gibson, Miss N. Forster, Miss J. Newby, Miss M. Hagan, Miss M. Hodgson, Miss M. Slee
Photograph dated 17th June, 1945
Kindly donated by Miss Ruth Vickery M.B.E, shown 6th from left on second row.
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