Episode 218: The Chilwell munitions factory explosion
Disaster Area · Disaster Area
August 1, 20231h 37m
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Show Notes
On a hot summer day in 1918, the night shift workers at the National Shell Filling Factory No. 6 in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, England, arrived as per usual. One hundred and thirty-four of them would be dead within an hour and a half.
Videos:
- Nottingham Forgotten Heroes #9 The Chilwell Munitions Workers
- The History Chap: The Chilwell Munitions Factory Explosion
Articles and books:
- A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: When corpses fell from the Nottinghamshire sky
- Historic England Research Records: National Filling Factory Number 6 Chilwell
- Remembering the Chilwell Depot Explosion of 1918 and the Canary Girls, by Marian Dean
- Chilwell explosion: Events mark centenary of factory blast
- University of Nottingham Manuscripts and Special Collections: Chilwell Shell Filling Factory Explosion
- Footage of Chilwell shell factory found in shed seen for the first time in 100 years
- Revenge of the Curds: Remembering the Great Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766
- The History Press: Disaster at the Chilwell shell-filling factory
- Nottingham County Council: Chilwell National Shell Filling Factory Explosion