‘New technology’ arrives in South Tyneside

Social media was, of course, still a

a

long way off at a time when most people went to work in large factories or yards, employing hundreds if not thousands of men and women.

Here, we can see the scene at Plesseys and Morganite Resistors, where large numbers of women were employed. Were you one of them?

Some would say conditions have changed for the better, what do you think? The days of a job for life have long gone, should we mourn the passing of those days?

  Read more at: http://www.shieldsgazette.com/lifestyle/nostalgia/new-technology-arrives-in-south-tyneside-1-8762778