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30th January 2018, 02:30 PM
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cunard at war
This is from the CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Liverpool.
During WW1 Cunard had a Munitions factory in Liverpool,
This lady, Miss E. Read, in the letter, was made Redundant in 1918 when Cunard gave up making ammunition.
They gave her a 4.5 inch High Explosive Shell as a memento.
Today they complain.
I guess that is one way of being Fired.
Last edited by Captain Kong; 30th January 2018 at 02:44 PM.
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30th January 2018, 03:06 PM
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Re: cunard at war
This munitions factory was just along the road where I grew up.
Regards.
Jim.B.
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/what...unards-8770443
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30th January 2018, 04:14 PM
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Re: cunard at war
Originally Posted by
Captain Kong
This is from the CUNARD STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Liverpool.
During WW1 Cunard had a Munitions factory in Liverpool,
n.
I guess that is one way of being Fired.
Hi Brian, that reminded me of the Silvertown explosion 1917, Silvertown is next door to the London Royal Dock group,
the munitions factory was used to purify TNT which was a dangerous process, the factory was originally used to produce
caustic soda from about 1890 and was situated in a highly populated area, when WWI started the government needed factories like this for the war effort, the factory was considered suitable even though it was in a highly populated area. in 1917 there
was a fire at the factory the fire reached the TNT compound and the following explosion killed some 70 people and hundreds more
were injured, the factory was completely destroyed, there was also hundreds of properties damaged beyond repair, considering the force of the blast it was considered the death rate could have been much higher, most of the munition workers were like
the lady in your post, I don't think they were ever fully recognised for what they did. Cheers JFC
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