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I'm having a blond moment

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Jane

Jane Report 8 Apr 2016 11:58

Thank you for your help. I will take a look at that website later this afternoon when my visitor ahs gone.

Thank you all again

Jane

GlasgowLass

GlasgowLass Report 8 Apr 2016 11:37

My dad didn't serve either. He was a toolmaker to trade.
He was exempt because worked on Aircraft Engines.

I don't know if he attempted to join up but ,I expect he would have been refused due to a chronic, recurring health issue contracted in his childhood. ( Osteomyelitis)

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 8 Apr 2016 10:39

Could be as the trains still had to run !

Edit yes it was

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a6652019.shtml

Jane

Jane Report 8 Apr 2016 10:21

Thanks. That would have bugged me all day.

Would someone working on the railway be in one of these occupations?

Jane

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 8 Apr 2016 10:13

It was called reserved occupation

My dad worked at the Woolwich Arsenal he was a shell turner on my birthday cert pre 1940

He tried to join up but was refused as he was on essential war work

rootgatherer

rootgatherer Report 8 Apr 2016 10:11

Reserved.

I suffer from blonde moments myself lol :-D

Jane

Jane Report 8 Apr 2016 09:59

If a person was in certain occupations they didn't have to go to war. What was this know as/called? .........occupations

Jane