Newark: Ransome and Marles factory bombing raid survivor celebrates 100th birthday
| Updated: 10:44, 09 February 2021
A woman who survived the Ransome and Marles factory bombing raids of 1941 has celebrated her 100th birthday.
Gladys Welch was born in Collingham and lived in Bakers Mill Ââ named after her motherâs family â until she was 11 .
They moved by horse and cart to Tolney Lane, Newark, before moving on to Farndon Road, settling in Cranmer Road in 1932.
Gladys Welch on the occasion of her 100th birthday. (44198730)
She attended the school on Guildhall Street.
She started work at Webb Woollies before going to Ransome and Marles, where she worked for many years.