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Bridge Family - Vi's Wedding -232 Valance Ave, Dagenham, England

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Mary May MILLER4

also known as Mary May HITCHCOCK3

22nd Feb 19221 - 17th Jan 19922

Life History

22nd Feb 1922

Born in Deptford North, County London (40 Cornbury Road).1

29th Sep 1939

Occupation Details Redacted - Person has Died in Dagenham M.B., Essex, England.1

29th Sep 1939

Recorded in census in Dagenham M.B., Essex, England (232 Valance Avenue,).1

29th Sep 1939

Resident in Dagenham M.B., Essex, England (232 Valance Avenue,).1

3rd Oct 1942

Married Thomas Henry HITCHCOCK in St Albans Church, Dagenham, Essex, England

between 1955 and Jan 1992

Resident in Dagenham, Essex, England (118 Drury Road)

between 1960 and 1987

Occupation Trim Machinist in Ford Motor Co Ltd Dagenham

Mary was one of the 1963 Trim (Seat) Machinists at the Ford Motor Company River Plant Dagenham who took Strike Action over Womens Low pay relative to mens.

This topic is the subject of the Film "Made in Dagenham" and Mary can be seen in the closing credits of the fil, which is live footage from the 1960's of the strike action.

May 1988

Death of Thomas Henry HITCHCOCK in Redbridge, Essex, England.3,5,5

17th Jan 1992

Occupation (Vehicle Interior Trim) Machinist (Retired) Widow of Thomas Henry HITCHCOCK Tool Maker (Retired) 118 D(r)ury Road, Dagenham, Essex in Dagenham, Essex, England

17th Jan 1992

Resident in Dagenham, Essex, England (118 Drury Road,)

17th Jan 1992

Died in St Francis Hospice, havering Atte Bower, Romford, Essex, England.2

1a) Carcinomatosis b) Carcinoma of Rectum

Other facts

 

Occupation Worked at Fords in Upholstery dept and apparently later the Canteen according to Bertha Bridge.

 

Birth of child Living Person (Private Record)

 

Birth of child Living Person (Private Record)

 

Birth of child Living Person (Private Record)

Notes

  • When Mary was in hospital having Brian her half sister Bertha's Stan visited as Bertha was due to have her first (David) some months later and Stan wanted to see where the place was. The nursing staf f mistook Stan for Mary's husband Tom, who was away in the Army at the time.

    Mary also appeared on a Terrestrial TV program (2002/2003) that was documenting the Union History at Ford Motor Company and she appeared in the background of a crowd shot twice outside 10 Downing Stre et, the footage was possible from the 1970/80's.
    Above was shown on a Channel 4 Documentary about Equal pay for women when Mary was a Trade Unionist and was filmed during a strike at the Ford Plant Dagenham.
    During the celebration of 80 years of Ford Dagenham (May 2009) there was a Press Release that stated 80 facts about Dagenham. Shortcut to: http://media.ford.com/news/forddagenhamat80.htm

    No 76 was. The Ford machinists strike of 1968 started at Dagenham and paved the way for the Equal Pay Act 1970 - a story currently being made into a major feature film called "We Want Sex".

    Mary Hitchcock as she was by then was a very strong character involved in these strieks leading to lasting change in legislation relating to Female workers.


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