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Miss Margaret Handley
MARGARET HANDLEY
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 20 January 1897 Kendal District
Date and place of Death: 1950 Liverpool District
Nationality: British
Biography: Margaret grew up in Kendal with her siblings:
Eleanor Handley 1888
Holmes Henry Hadley 1891-1891
Adam Handley 1894-1894
Richard Handley 1900
Marie Handley 1906
Parents: Richard Handley married Margaret Hayes in 1887 Kendal District
Parents occupation
Richard was a clog maker
Schools Universities attended and years of attendance: Kendal High School
Place of residence at Gretna:
67 Pretoria Road, Eastriggs
Marital status: Single
Job title at Gretna: Laboratory assistant
Travels: Nil Known
Awards/recognitions: Nil known
Trivia/any other information: Once leaving HM Factory Margaret became a teacher:
From the 1939 register Margaret is living with her sister-in-law Kathleen in a house on the complex of the David Lewis Colony.…
Nora Morphet
Full name of worker at H.M. Factory Gretna (and any other names they are known by) : Nora Morphet
Gender: Female
Date and place of birth: 18th April 1898 Staveley, Westmorland
Date and Place of Death: July 1984 Birmingham
Nationality: English
Childhood : Mum died when she was 3. Attended Yanwath Village School – Newspaper report of Christmas concert 1911
Parents : James Morphet and Sarah Irwin
Parents occupations : Railway Signalman
Schools / universities attended and years of attendance: Yanwath primary
Studied nursing 1933-36 at Leicester Royal Infirmary and Children’s Hospital ( Nursing registers – various years )
Occupation
At Gretna – Munitionette?…
