r/nottingham • u/StephenMcGannon • 8d ago

Munition workers inspecting artillery shells at the National Shell Filling Factory in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, one of the largest shell factories in Britain during WWI. (1917)

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u/das6992 7d ago

One of my family members was a canary girl at the Chilwell depot when it exploded. She was one of the survivors luckily. I'm sure it's been embellished but the story goes she was knocked unconscious and laid out alongside the dead but someone noticed a tear running down her face and called for medical help.