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Doris Coyne (nee Speight) at her gantry crane operating station during World War Two, Samuel Fox and Company Limited, Stocksbridge, c. 1944/5

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Ref No:	a03711
Title:	Doris Coyne (nee Speight) at her gantry crane operating station during World War Two, Samuel Fox and Company Limited, Stocksbridge, c. 1944/5
Location:	Sheffield_Stocksbridge
Date Period:	1940-1959
Notes:	Doris Speight was born on 1 December 1924. She worked at Samuel Fox and Company Limited, Stocksbridge from c.1943. She operated a gantry crane. The photograph shows her in late 1944 or early 1945. She was one of just a few women who operated the crane which tipped the molten steel (traditionally a man's task). Photograph donated as part of the 'Women of Steel' campaign. Sheffield City Archives ref. CA964 (application no. 701).
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