Former Wren takes 80 year trip down memory lane at The Coalhouse Fort in Tilbury

As trips down memory lane go, Christian Lamb's takes some beating. Almost eighty years after serving in the Women's Royal Naval Service, the Wrens, Christian has returned to one of her most eventful postings - The Coalhouse Fort in Tilbury.

She was in charge of making Navy ships less magnetic in order to avoid exploding enemy mines.

Formed in 1917 women in the Wrens took on roles from radar plotters to weapons analysts. Christian was one of the first to sign up when it was revived in 1939 for World War II.

Christian Lamb spent a year at Coalhouse Fort working in a skill called 'degaussing', changing the magnetic fields of ships to help them avoid mines. She worked her way up to become an officer managing a team of other Wrens.

To add to her distinguished career in her late 80s Christian became a published author writing a book about her life in the navy full of stories from her time in Tilbury.