Lucas Girls look back with pride as they mark 100 years

By Melissa Cunningham
January 16 2015 - 11:56pm
CELEBRATING: Former workers of Lucas Clothing Factory, which raised the money for the Avenue of Honour and planted the trees, have continued to collect money for various causes for 98 years. This year they will have their last big reunion. PICTURE: JUSTIN WHITELOCK
CELEBRATING: Former workers of Lucas Clothing Factory, which raised the money for the Avenue of Honour and planted the trees, have continued to collect money for various causes for 98 years. This year they will have their last big reunion. PICTURE: JUSTIN WHITELOCK

FOR the hundreds of women who worked at Lucas & Co, it was so much more than a textile company.

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