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[Bruce_in_Oz]

Just love the fact that there was an arms plant/place called "Shirley".

As in; "Surely, you cant be serious!". " I am; and don't call me Shirley"

While we are at it, what is the etymology of "Fazackerley"?

(Sunday night: good day at work,excellent dinner, some nice wine, and look what happens.)

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Just love the fact that there was an arms plant/place called "Shirley".

As in; "Surely, you cant be serious!". " I am; and don't call me Shirley"

While we are at it, what is the etymology of "Fazackerley"?

(Sunday night: good day at work,excellent dinner, some nice wine, and look what happens.)

Good question Bruce, I,m sure it was to do with WW2 and to throw them off the scent, you mention Fazackerley , proper name= Fazakerley, at the time this was a place in open fields, same as ROF Kirkby, the two were not far from each other (as the crow fly's) but Kirkby was a munitions plant, There was provisions to enable one factory to be able to do a set % of the other how true this was I don't know, I've interviewed a few old workers, and they say........Anyway maybe one day there will be a book

A pic of the entrance of ROF (F)

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