Kate Waters in school or working clothes?

[Gilly32]

Hello Fiona
I have just joined site and seen your posts. Kate Waters is my step great aunt , my grandad was Frank Kingston, and Kate's mother (also Kate nee Hazard) was his step mother she married my great grandad Richard Kingston.
I have been researching the Kingston family for 30+ years , grandad use to see Herbert Waters and Margaret but he was the only one of his step siblings he kept in touch with , my mum (now in her 80s) remembers visiting their tiny house in Walcott Street, Hessle Road.  I have a photo of Kate Waters and Richard Kingston I believe on their wedding day
Best Wishes Gill
 

[Treetotal]

Hi Gill and welcome to Rootschat...unfortunately Fiona hasn't been active on Rootschat since 2017 so you may not get a reply. When you have made one more post you can send her a Personal Message, you do this by clicking on the text icon on the left, just below her name.
Good Luck!
Carol

[japeflakes]

From IWM site:

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[John915]

Good afternoon,

It seems that safety wasn't of the highest priority at that time.

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/9-women-reveal-the-dangers-of-working-in-a-first-world-war-munitions-factory#:~:text=Munitions%20workers%20played%20a%20crucial,to%20join%20the%20armed%20forces.

Although a lot of these women were engaged in making shell casings and cartridge cases, some were putting the explosives in to the cases. Seems at odds with the navy practice of wearing felt slippers when working in the magazine. Even in the days of Nelsons wooden navy.

John915