Acknowledgements
Wartime Newport: Artwork & Stories from the Home Front was inspired by the chance discovery of a private collection of photographs taken inside the No. 11 Royal Ordnance Factory in Newport between 1940 and 1945.
Our special thanks go to the Galbraith family for their support and participation at all stages of our research, and for kindly permitting the use of previously unpublished Factory photographs.
Credits
Content curated and edited by Roger Cucksey, Keeper of Art at Newport Museum and Art Gallery.
Research by Sarah Griffiths, Researcher at Newport Museum and Art Gallery.
Design and content strategy by William Isaac Newton.
We would like to thank the following individuals for their stories, photographs and support, without which this project would not have been possible.
Contributors
Sandra Bateman
Francis Beswick
Linda Bishop
Oliver Blackmore
Iris Bowkett (née Watts)
John Brooks
Mike Buckingham
Jean Burgess (née Bubb)
Gabrielle Capus
Marjorie and Blair Carlson
Des Carter
Terence Charles
Connie Cochrane (née Lawrence)
Dennis Cockbill
Gwen Cook (née Brown)
Sheila M. Crick (née Pittard)
Janet Cucksey (neé Bower)
Roger Cucksey
Rene Cureton (née Gorman)
Louise Dare (née Garay)
Joan Duffield (née Sharrem)
Bill & Peggy Dunford
Charlotte Dymock
Eric Dymock
Peggy Edwards (née Morris)
Eira Elton (née Davies)
Paul Flynn MP
Ian Galbraith
Veda and Douglas Galbraith
Christopher Newell
Emma Newrick, Culture and Heritage Manager, Newport City Council
Vicky Parsons (née Dugdale)
Jackie Payne
Kenneth Pinnell
Howard Pitt
Carol Pringle
Arlette Richards (née Jones)
Sidney Riley
Phyllis Roberts (née Soffe)
Professor Gerda Roper
Betty Routley (née Harris)
Jean Rowland
Kenneth Sabey
John Sampson
Irene Samuel
Nick Smith
Leslie Thomas
Simon Weston
Claire Wilkins (née Mathissen)
John Williams
John Wilson
Minnie Gibbens
Jessie Giblin
Iris Goodreid (née Walton)
James Griffin
Sarah Griffiths
Robin Hawkins
Valerie Hill (née Lane)
William Holt
Christabel Hutchings
Thomas Jaynes
Brian Jelf
Eileen Jenkins (née Beattie)
Jack Jones
Les Knight
Christopher Stanley Lewis
Lillian Lewis
Mary Mae Lewis
Min Lewis
Roger Lewis
Stanley Lewis MBE
David Lloyd
Norman Longmate
Veronica Lyons (née Bird)
Edna Lucas
Bill and Vera Machell (née Smale)
Betty Merton
Rex Moreton
Jessica Morden MP
Bernard Morgan
Supporters
We are indebted to the following organisations for their financial and material support of the Wartime Newport project.
