It is often said that wars are either won at sea, in the air, or in the trenches - however this story relates to a ‘war of production’ – a war that was fought in the factories of Leeds by a brave band of Yorkshire women known as the The Barnbow Lasses. http://www.pontefractus.co.uk/history/barnbow-lasses.htm http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/England-History/BarnbowLasses.htm http://www.freewebs.com/barnbow/