The mention of Craven Bros in post 23 above brought back memories. My grandfather worked at Cravens for 40+ years from the early 1920s, including throughout the war.
Looking at http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-39567.html – it seems that Cravens, which I knew in the early 50s when at a school near the works, as making rolling stock had extensive sections involved in making aircraft parts during WW11. My grandfather used to tell me that he was involved with Merlins during the war and it seems from the following post from the above mentioned site that he may have been correct. –
“little malc
09-05-2005, 09:29
Cravens were a huge operation in their day, specialising in building railway carriages, interestingly, durind the war, they made the wings for “Horsa” troop carrying gliders, and components for Lancaster bombers. A special section of the firm was prepared to make large quantities of Rolls Royce Merlin engine exhaust manifolds, in addition, the firm made gun shields, gun mountings, gun turrets, ammunition racks, ammunition boxes, and thousands of stampings and component parts for armoured vehicles.”
Chris
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