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Life of Gloucester Canary girl who returned from New York and worked in WW1 munitions plant
Trains ran to Quedgeley in those days and this is how the flightless Gloucester canaries were able to commute' ...
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Barnbow Canaries: Telling the stories of WW1 munitions workers
Built in 1915, at its height, the 400 acre (160 hectare) Barnbow munitions factory employed almost 17,000 workers (130,000 applied for jobs), 93% of which were female ...
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A century on from WW1, 100 years of work remains to clear munitions
A century on from WW1, 100 years of work remains to clear munitions By Claudia Wyatt October 30, 20181:19 AM PDTUpdated October 30, 2018 ...
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A century after WWI, munitions still making way onto beaches
You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. MANTOLOKING, N.J. — A century after World War I ended, discarded munitions from that and other wars ...
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A century on from WW1, 100 years of work remains to clear munitions
As the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One draws near next month, bomb disposal experts are still digging up munitions sunk in the killing fields of eastern France -- and it could be ...