Pensioner John Sinclair could not believe his eyes when he looked in the Telegraph & Argus and saw his mum’s photo.
Clarice Laycock was only 16 when she had her picture taken with colleagues working at the munitions factory which took over the Jowett car premises at Five Lane Ends during the war.
Mr Sinclair, 76, of Clayton, Bradford, said: “My sister rang me and told me to look. She’d told my sister about working at a munitions factory but we had no idea there’d be any photos.”
Mr Sinclair’s grandfather Ned Laycock was the first employee of brothers William and Benjamin Jowett when they set up their business in Manningham Lane before expanding to Five Lane Ends.
For Jowett enthusiants, this year’s international rally is expected to see the largest gathering of Jowetts ever, with more than 150 involved.
The rally starts at the Cedar Court Hotel, Wakefield, on Friday, May 28. Enthusiasts from Australia and America are expected to attend.
On the Sunday they will be at Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, Barnsley, where visitors can get a closer look and book on to bus tours around the district, stopping off at places of Jowett interest.
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