This is a small pocket-sized notebook, divided into rows and columns with handwritten notes in black and red referring to pipes, carburettors and other engine parts.
This notebook belonged to Bertha Killingbeck who worked in a liquorice factory before the Second World War.
During the Second World War supplies of sugar and liquorice were rationed, and what liquorice there was available was used in medicines. Unable to carry on as normal, the many liquorice and confectionary factories in Pontefract switched to 'war work'. They mostly focussed on repairing and refurbishing war equipment and weaponry.
The liquorice factory where Bertha worked was taken over by Humber Ltd and specialised in refurbishing aircraft engines. Another of the large liquorice works in Pontefract switched to repairing tanks.
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