In this selection you will see workers from the Ultra Television factory at Gosport, the Twilfit corset factory at Farlington, White and Newton furniture factory at Eastney, Shippam’s factory at Chichester, Leigh and Co pipe-making factory at Portchester and the Guards clothing factory at Fratton Bridge.
9. Factory memories
Minimodels factory workers in Fulflood Road, Leigh Park. Minimodels function in 1966. Photo: The News archive
10. Factory memories
The cutting room at the Guards clothing factory at Fratton Bridge. Photo: The News archive
11. Factory memories
Teabreak. Women in the canteen at the Guards clothing factory at Fratton bridge in 1957. Photo: The News archive
12. Factory memories
Plenty of activity in the Airspeed factory which dominated life at Portsmouth airport from 1932 until the company closed in 1968. Photo: The News archive