A Centenary in Retrospect – F Hills & Sons Limited Posted on June 3, 2006 by Picture Stockton Team A Centenary in Retrospect – F Hills & Sons Limited Share this:Tweet Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Like this:Like Loading… Related
My Mum Eileen Griffin made propellers at Hills during the War I believe one of hers was displayed in a museum in London somewhere. Loading... Reply ↓
Didn’t Hills make parts for worst fighter ever made, can’t remember full title but it was the defiant (Bolton/Paul) comes to mind. It didn’t forward firing guns but a turret behind pilot. Derek Loading... Reply ↓
Thanks for posting those photos of the propellers David. I did not realise that Stockton made such an important contribution to the war effort. Loading... Reply ↓
My Mum Eileen Griffin made propellers at Hills during the War I believe one of hers was displayed in a museum in London somewhere.
Didn’t Hills make parts for worst fighter ever made, can’t remember full title but it was the defiant
(Bolton/Paul) comes to mind. It didn’t forward firing guns but a turret behind pilot.
Derek
Was this in Stockton factory? Or at Manchester factory?
Thanks for posting those photos of the propellers David. I did not realise that Stockton made such an important contribution to the war effort.
Mam, Edna Mico (nee Reed) worked in the propeller factory during the war years.