Published: 6th November 2024
If you’re in the Greasbrough Road area of Rotherham this weekend you may notice a glowing tribute to those who gave their lives in wartime.
We’re turning our factory sign red for Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day on 10th and 11th November and laying a wreath as usual at the war memorial which stands in the grounds of our factory.
We’ve been making glass bottles and jars in Rotherham since 1751, and we also had a factory at Stairfoot in Barnsley for many years, so the list of our employees who fought during World Wars One and Two is a long one.
We are very proud of the men and women who fought for their country, and proud too of the contribution Beatson Clark has made to the war effort at various times throughout history.
In 1914, many women began to work at Beatson Clark in the warehouse, washplace and stoppering shop. In World War Two women moved into production while the men were on active service, and women outnumbered men at the Stairfoot site for the first time.
We also adapted our production to support the war effort in the 1940s, manufacturing glass containers for armament and medical packs as well as the glass spheres for so-called ‘sticky bombs’ used to attack German tanks.
Remembrance Sunday this year falls on 10th November while Armistice Day will be observed on Monday 11th November.
On both days the nation is invited to pause for a two-minute silence at 11am and reflect on the service and sacrifices of members of the Armed Forces past and present.