Ron Wright – Building at Dolphin

Simon: Do you remember what time that was, the Dolphin work doing the conversion?

Well, just after the war really. Late ‘40s, early ‘50s.

Simon: So, that was after you’d been released from the Submarine Service, went back, finished your bricklaying. We’re you doing the supervising at Dolphin or were you doing the actual building work at Dolphin?

I was Supervising. We were turning some Rating’s blocks into Wren’s blocks. HMS Wolf wasn’t suitable for Wrens and became HMS Ursula (laughs).

Simon: What’s the difference between a Rating’s and a Wren’s block then? What do you need to change?

They’ve got smaller accommodation blocks you know, whereas the men had a big vast open spaces. The Wren’s were more confined.