Aunt Helen Deeley was my best friend. She died in December of 1993 and I still miss her. She was 89 when she died.


She told me lots of stories and this is one of my favorites.

When she was a young woman, she got a job in one of the canning factories in Plymouth in the office.
Occasionally, she would have to go through the factory to deliver something to the foreman or someone at the other side of the plant. She was at the time a lovely red head and that was in the days of the "flapper-fanny" dresses (her expression) so they were short and quite attractive.

Eventually , she noticed that all the machines stopped working when she was walking through the plant. She didn't really think much about it until the day she noticed the sign on the back of the door which read.
"All machines must be turned off when Helen walks through the packing area." apparently there were too many mistakes while all the guys watched her.

Kind of cute. I think.

Have a great day.

Mary