The interior of a canteen filled with female workers. There is a counter to the right of the composition, and tables occupied with women in overalls and cloth caps to the left. There is a queue at the counter, with several women holding large white cups. In the centre two women walk arm-in-arm towards the viewer, and next to them another stands looking out in the same direction.

   Flora Lion was a portrait painter who was given access to paint factory scenes in Leeds and Bradford during World War One. The interior of the canteen is filled with women workers who sit, chat and queue for food. Many are obviously tired. The couple in the centre, arms entwined, dominate the scene and embody the confidence of women newly liberated by employment.

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   Artist Flora Lion was an established society portrait artist who, during the First World War, organised permission to sketch factories in Leeds and Bradford. She created two oil paintings that were donated to the Imperial War Museum in 1927. Image This scene at the Phoenix Dynamo Company in Bradford shows the factory canteen filled with female workers taking their lunch break, chatting and queueing in their work-issued uniforms. They are depicted by Lion as a sisterhood of strong young women, and look both confident and relaxed. The two figures in the centre, arms entwined, stand for a generation of women newly liberated by employment. History Canteens like this one were a popular wartime welfare innovation, aimed at maximising production efforts. For many women it was their first chance for a good regular meal. Phoenix Dynamo was contracted to produce Short sea planes, shells, machine tools and flying boats.

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