A 100-year-old Wiltshire woman who worked in the Secret Spitfire factory in Trowbridge was the guest of honour at a screening of the film commemorating their work.

Gwendoline Farr, of Trowbridge Lodge Road, was accompanied by her daughter Mrs Patricia Knee, 71, to the screening.

Mrs Farr worked in the Secret Spitfire factory in Bradley Road with Betty Potter, 98, who starred in the film with her twin sister Joan Little.

She attended the event in the hope of reuniting with Betty, who was unable to be present, but said: “I have seen the film before but it has been lovely to come and see it again.”

Mrs Farr moved from the Haydens engineering factory after working on munitions during the Second World War to help build the Spitfire aircraft.

Thousands of the wartime fighter planes were built in secrecy in sheds, garages, bus depots and even a hotel after the Vickers factories in Southampton were targeted by the German Luftwaffe in September 1940 during WW2.

Production of the fighter planes was dispersed to towns, including Reading, Salisbury and Trowbridge, for the remainder of the war.

The film, three years in the making, tells for the first time the amazing story of the secret Spitfires through the testaments of the surviving workers and eye witnesses.

The two-hour TV movie, which was released in 2016, contains many unique archive footage and images from the war era.

Sadly, Joan Little died before she could see the Secret Spitfires DVD or the film being shown on a big screen.

Sally Boyle, of the Starry Eyes Performance Foundation, organised the sold-out screening at Trowbridge Town Hall on Saturday, which was attended by 80 people.

She staged the screening to raise funds for Alzheimer’s Support to fulfil the dying wish of her friend Andrea Staniforth, who worked for the local charity and worked backstage at the Athenaeum Centre in Warminster.

Norman Parker, 95, from Amesbury, was also one of the guests, and revealed they are trying to bring a Spitfire aircraft to Trowbridge to commemorate the town’s part in its production.

The move is likely to cost more than £35,000 and would match the Spitfire plane mounted on a plinth in Salisbury.

His interest in the WW2 fighter plane and the history he collected on the Secret Spitfire factories over the years inspired the film, which was directed and produced by Ethem Cetintas and Karl Howman.

Sadly, Mr Cetintas died on Mr Parker’s birthday in March this year from a brain haemorrhage, with Mr Parker saying: “It was not the birthday present that I wanted.”

They launched a crowdfunding appeal to raise £6,390 to make the film, with help from the Wiltshire Times and others.

To donate to the Andrea’s Last Wish appeal for Alzheimer’s Support go to https://www.alzheimerswiltshire.org.uk/fundraisers/starry-eyes-andreas-last-wish-