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Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire
« on: Wednesday 09 May 12 19:14 BST (UK) »
where or what was Thorpe Arch, my husband's grandmother, mother and aunt worked here in 1940's

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Re: Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 09 May 12 19:17 BST (UK) »
A shopping centre.
Odd , cause most of it is hidden under grass roofing.
http://www.thorparchestate.co.uk/retail-park/shops.html
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Re: Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 09 May 12 19:21 BST (UK) »
Hi Pauline family stories seem to suggest this was a munitions factory in WW 2 but I didn't know if it was a place or an area/town in Yorks.!

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Re: Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 09 May 12 19:31 BST (UK) »
From the page Pauline mentioned, follow the links to History (for some pictures of the munitions work) and Location (for a map).

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Re: Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 09 May 12 19:32 BST (UK) »
Hi

Thorpe Arch is a small village in West Yorkshire.  Have rellies that were born there.

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Re: Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 10 May 12 17:04 BST (UK) »
Thorp Arch (no "e") is a village near Wetherby on the opposite side of the River Wharfe to Boston Spa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorp_Arch,_West_Yorkshire

There was indeed a munitions factory nearby during WWII.  This is now the site of the Thorp Arch Trading Estate.  Some of the original buildings remain.

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Re: Thorpe Arch, Yorkshire
« Reply #6 on: Friday 11 May 12 12:51 BST (UK) »
The Thorp(e) Arch estate was a munitions factory even after WWII, and continued into the mid 1950s.  It had its own rail line which connected up with the NER/BR lines which ran to Wetherby-Spofforth; or in the other direction Wetherby-Walton Gates-Thorpe Arch- Tadcaster- and beyond.
Friends who worked at the munitions factory in the 1950s said it was a doddle and more like a holiday camp, - do a bit work, then play cards for a while.
When I was in the area in the 1960s most of the road signs had it spelled as Thorpe Arch, with the 'e'.  I suppose a check of old maps might show how it was originally spelled.

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