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Part of the works was turned over to making munitions inc various parts for bombs, shells and mines. One such item they made for the war effort was Rocket Heads. After the war, boxes and boxes of these were left in Lainchbury's yard next to the village school, we used to play with them as children (they were not equipped with explosives). Some more information about the Rocket Heads is below.
Part of the works was turned over to making munitions inc various parts for bombs, shells and mines. One such item they made for the war effort was Rocket Heads. After the war, boxes and boxes of these were left in Lainchbury's yard next to the village school, we used to play with them as children (they were not equipped with explosives). Some more information about the Rocket Heads is below.
For information on other items made by Lainchburys for the war effort please click Here
The rocket head was part of a target rocket which emitted light at both ends, it had a range of about 5,000 yards.
My uncle Frank Palmer spent his whole working life with Lainchbuys from when he left school at age 14 until the closure of the factory in 1987. After he had passed away at age 90 I cleared out his workshop and found lots of artifacts and other stuff that the company had thrown in a skip on closure. Amongst the things I found a large number of the old rocket heads. Like myself he hated throwing stuff away that he might find a use for later.
Obviously I had to bring them home and 'hoard' them in my workshop. My grandsons were fascinated by them and had a couple each and I gave two to the Kingham archive group for their collection of artifacts. They have no practical use but I can't bear to throw them away.
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