Canary Girl Coffee Co.

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Hello!

That lovely lady is my Great Grandmother.

When World War Two broke out, she applied to the Woman’s Auxiliary Air Force where she discovered she was colourblind and didn't make the cut, but that didn't stop her. Eager to do her bit for the war effort, she entered the munitions factories, First Glasgow Iron Works which was being used to make rifles for the Armed Forces, but also Clydebank where she made tanks at the Singer Factory.

During World War Two factory workers were called “The Bomb Girls”. I have always felt incredibly proud that my granny took on this tough work and challenged societies view that women could only succeed in domesticated roles. She grabbed the reigns of industry. Women like her welded, smithed, built ships and anti aircraft weapons. They proved that woman’s work did not start and end in the household.

Granny always called herself a “Canary Girl” this was the original nickname given to the women who did my granny’s job in World War One. The nickname was derived from the yellow/orange colour that the workers skin turned, a side effect of working with TNT.

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