Episode 218: The Chilwell munitions factory explosion

<p>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.</p> <p>Videos:</p> <p><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzQyfZR3hew">Nottingham Forgotten Heroes #9 The Chilwell Munitions Workers</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnaz36nE6QY&t=342s">The History Chap: The Chilwell Munitions Factory Explosion</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p> <p>Articles and books:</p> <p><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href= "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/world-history/history-of-the-first-world-war-in-100-moments/a-history-of-the-first-world-war-in-100-moments-when-corpses-fell-from-the-nottinghamshire-sky-9582884.html"> A History of the First World War in 100 Moments: When corpses fell from the Nottinghamshire sky</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href= "https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=1085832&resourceID=19191"> Historic England Research Records: National Filling Factory Number 6 Chilwell</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><em>Remembering the Chilwell Depot Explosion of 1918 and the Canary Girls,</em> by Marian Dean</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href= "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-44658982.amp"> Chilwell explosion: Events mark centenary of factory blast</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href= "https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/manuscripts/2014/06/03/chilwell-shell-filling-factory-explosion/"> University of Nottingham Manuscripts and Special Collections: Chilwell Shell Filling Factory Explosion</a></li> <!-- /wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item --> <li><a href= "https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/footage-chilwell-shel