My friend Gladys Montgomery, who has died aged 96, was an avowed socialist from an early age, with a strong desire to make the world a fairer place.
Monty was the most robust of women. Daughter of Emily (nee Whittaker) and Willy Muirhead, she was born and brought up in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and despite spending a substantial part of her life in east Devon, never lost her Yorkshire accent or identity. After leaving school aged 14, she worked in the local mills before making her contribution to the second world war effort by undertaking physically hard work in local factories.
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