Factory employs five generations of one family

Miggie Orledge, 91, on a tour of the factory where she used to work, with her son Kevin (right), a former employee, and grandson Alex, a current employee

A 91-year-old woman has been given a tour of the factory which has so far employed five members of her family.

Miggie Orledge worked for Wiltshire rail infrastructure factory Westinghouse, now Siemens Mobility, between 1965 and 1994 - following in the footsteps of her father and grandfather.

She started off working on semiconductors, before moving to the signals and testing department.

On the tour, Ms Orledge's grandson Alex, who is a current employee at the firm, showed her the work he now does in the machinery department.

Ms Orledge said it was "lovely" to return to the factory and that she was glad to be able to remember some of the current employees.

Part of her duty was testing and inspecting printed circuit cards and ensuring the soldering was done correctly, she said.

Ms Orledge met up with colleagues who remember working with her

The site has seen 125 years of manufacturing history.

In April, Siemens began construction on a "state-of-the-art factory" in Chippenham, where the 800 staff at the existing site are expected to move to.

Her grandson Alex said: "She seemed very happy catching up with old people, seeing old faces, it's been a pleasure really."

Mike Davis worked with Miggie for two years before she retired in the mid-1990s

One of her former colleagues is production engineering team leader Mike Davis, who overlapped with Miggie by two years, and later worked with her son Kevin.

"Time flies by so quickly," he said. "I've been here 33 years now. Seeing Miggie come in, it's like it's yesterday. It's great to see her looking so well."

Miggie (in red) finished working in 1994, having been at the Chippenham site since 1965

Grandson Alex Orledge currently works as an Institute of Railway Signal Engineers-licensed tester.

He said that it had been great "having her back" on the premises.

"If I can tilt my nephew into coming here, there's potentially going to be a sixth generation of the family coming here," he added.