Tracking down former Sugar Girls

Today we were contacted by two people whose relatives worked at Tate & Lyle. Both were trying to track down anyone who might have known them. Unfortunately, neither of these women's names came up in the interviews we conducted for The Sugar Girls, but we are putting their details out here in the hopes that someone might remember them.

Gladys Cooper (nee Young) lived on Albert Road. She worked for Tate & Lyle for many years, before retiring around 1983/4. When she died not long after, her funeral procession went past the factories and workers stood there to pay their respects. Gladys was married to George Cooper, and had a son, Dennis.

The second woman was Bella Duggan (nee Belcher), a forelady on the Hesser Floor.

If you have any memories or information on either of these women, do get in touch using the Contact form. If you are trying to trace a relative who worked for Tate & Lyle, or to find people who may have known them, do get in touch and we will be happy to put up their details. It's also worth posting on the Newham Story forums, and checking out Friends Reunited.

Happy searching!