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Rotherwas Women
Rotherwas Women
Rotherwas Women
Rotherwas Women
Rotherwas Women
Rotherwas Women
Rotherwas Women
Rotherwas Women
Rotherwas Women

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A tall black panel, with the portrait of a woman etched into the front side together with an inscription, Celtic knot patterning on the back and on both thin sides, and a small portrait bust of a woman on the back.
Title

Rotherwas Women

Date

2005

Medium

sandblasted granite

Accession number

HR2_MRF_S001

Acquisition method

commissioned by Herefordshire County Council

Work type

Monument

Owner

Herefordshire County Council

Custodian

Herefordshire County Council

Work status

extant

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscribed on the front face: ROTHERWAS WOMEN / MUNITIONS WORKERS DURING WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II; inscribed in the left flank near the foot: NORA FOSTER (NEE DAVIES) / RADIO BROADCASTER AT / ROTHERWAS ORDNANCE FACTORY / DIED 7th FEBRUARY 2006 / PATTERN BASED UPON CARVINGS / IN KILPECK CHURCH; inscribed on the back: DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS AROUND SIX THOUSAND WOMEN AND FOUR THOUSAND MEN WORKED at THE ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY IN ROTHERWAS. / ROTHERWAS WOMEN BY BRUCE WILLIAMS, IS A TRIBUTE TO THOSE WOMEN, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO HAVE FOLLOWED / IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS IN ROTHERWAS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND THOSE WHO WILL CARVE OUT THEIR FUTURES HERE. / THESE ARE THE NAMES OF JUST SOME OF THE WOMEN AND MEN WHO WORKED HERE. / THANKS TO JOAN HILES, A WORKER ON THE / ROTHERWAS ESTATE FROM 1947, FOR HER HELP / TOWARDS ROTHERWAS WOMEN. / THANKS ALSO TO KEN HURSEY WHO LOST HIS FAMILY / WHEN HIS HOUSE ON ROTHERWAS ESTATE WAS / BOMBED DURING WORLD WAR II

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Located at

Holme Lacy Road & The Straight Mile, Rotherwas

HR2 6EQ

Situated on the south-east corner of the junction of The Straight Mile and Netherwood Road.