At the factory we made .303 and .5 cases and caps, as well as bullets. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded cartridges in: APX Atelier de Construction de Puteaux, FRANCE. When we arrived at Goosepool Mr Hosie was not allowed to enter the airport as it was strictly guarded. The Captain without thinking shouted 'shoot the bugger' and this is what the lads did and were in serious trouble. . The town of Spennymoor, and the villages of Byers Green, Kirk Merrington and Tudhoe, are in the North East of England, situated on high land above the south side of the Wear Valley between the City of Durham and Bishop Auckland. 1763 The Greenwich magazine was moved to Purfleet. I remember Lord Haw Haw on radio speaking from Germany calling. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7 ( Canadian WW1 contract pattern ) 1914-16, Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Canadian Pattern ), Tracer G Mk 2Z, G Mk 4Z ( Canadian Pattern ). Population declines to 15,440.First Council houses erected on racecourse site. 1951 Population 19,740. By 1935 the first 66 Council houses had been built, and a year later the first 106 North Eastern Housing Association houses were erected on the Racecourse Estate site. This factory was part of the 1939 1945 war emergency expansion plan and was situated at Blackpole on the site of the earlier Government Cartridge Factory No 3 of 1916. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 180 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, 150 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MH Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 3, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. Cartridge cases were being produced by late 1940 but the ball bullets were still being imported into the factory in 1941. We had workers playtime during our half hour break. Known to have produced Ilmavoimat Konekivaarin Patruuna Kal 7.70 machine gun cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: W or WRA Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Similar jacketed hollow point bullets were used in the Mark IV and V rounds. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: US United States Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Amongst the many hundreds of guns produced during his administration, which were at least 50% more powerful than the guns they superseded, not a single failure or accident of any kind occurred. ROF Queniborough; Filling Factory No. Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, B Mk 4,B Mk 4. My brother-in-law was taken prisoner in Italy. Coloured bands on the cartridge case are not common but the following have been used: One inch blue band Reduced charge ball to simulate stoppages in Vickers aircraft guns. Martha Liddle, J.P., was the first person from Spennymoor to be awarded the M.B.E. Nitro-cellulose was first used as a propellant in the .303 cartridge during 1894 although it was not officially approved for service until 1916. It is impossible to walk between the rows of cottages without being convinced that the surface of the ground is to a large extent composed of the overflowing contents of these midden boxes. Download. Lost in the Blackout. Used the monogram 1942 to 1943. ROF Brackla; ROF 41 at Brackla and ROF 53 at Waterton, ROF Dunham on the Hill; Explosives storage depot. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). BPD Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome ITALY. Single lineRailway Bridge built over High Street. 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. Known to have produced .303 cartridges up to 1919 in: L There is some confusion over this headstamp code as both Lorenz Ammunition and Ordnance Co, Millwall, London, UNITED KINGDOM and Ludlow and Co, Wolverhampton, Staffs, UNITED KINGDOM are believed to have used a L as their code and both manufactured .303 cartridges between 1887 and 1890. There has been a film made about these men "The guinea pigs". Ammunition was made at Woolwich long before the adoption of the .303 cartridge in 1889. After ROF I worked for C.I.E.M.E. Dean & Chapter andMainsforth Collieries opened. 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. The production of these raw materials at Coulsons engineering works, Kenmirs furniture factory and newly-opened brickworks at Todhills were the main, if limited, sources of employment.Unemployment was over 33%. Archive List > United Kingdom > Wearside and County Durham, Submitted by Christine Rome at Spennymoor Library on behalf of Elizabeth Hodgson (ne Monaghan). I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian airmen were stationed. Three closed in 1924 and the strike saw another two fail. ROF Swynnerton; Filling Factory No. 1787 Purchase of the powdermill at Waltham Abbey which was named the Royal Gunpowder Factory. Although the United States of America did not officially adopt a .303 rifle, it did produce, under the Lend Lease scheme of World War 2, nearly a third of the wartime production of No 4 rifles used by British troops. The Norman Conquest meant little to the border folk initially, for they had lived with the constant threat of massacre by raiding Picts and Danes, but then Williams soldiers laid waite the county and distributed the Saxon nobles estates among themselves. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency plans and produced its first complete .303 rounds in October 1940. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. This Military Arsenal became Nederland Wapen & Munitiefabrikde Kruithoorn NV,s Hertogenbosch and later became Eurometaal. We were then introduced to a number of Canadian boys. One evening, in December 1940, when I . 1716 Subsequently the Royal Brass Foundry was established for the manufacture of brass ordnance. We were shown how the airmen assembled our bullets and taken to try the Frainer Bomber (named the Lincoln Frainer). US Lend Lease production for the UK was 1,196,706 No 4 rifles whereas the total British wartime production of this rifle was 2,021,913. It was originally built by the Normans and its splendid strategic position led to it being fortified in 1143 by the Scots intruder, William Cumyn. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. New Pavilions constructed at Jubilee Park. Royal Navy Destroyer H.M.S. 3. The most common system with the .303 cartridge used coloured bullet tips or colour around the annulus of the primer cap. Early site history and production [ edit] First World War [ edit] When cap annulus colours were first introduced in 1918 the Ball Mk VIIz had the annulus coloured black while the Ball Mk VII had the entire cap area coloured purple. 1877 New iron Railway Bridge replaced the old wooden Bridge over the High Street. A further reorganisation and expansion followed in 1889 when George Kynoch was ousted from the management and this then culminated in a further change of title to Kynoch Ltd in 1897. 1941 Royal Ordnance Factory opens. 1936 Parishes of Byers green, Middlestone Moor, Kirk Merrington and part of Hett added to the town. Email: info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk. P or PC Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. Manufactured .303 cartridges from 1915 1918 in: Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, SAAF Small Arms Factory Footscray, AUSTRALIA. In 1677 the small freeholders and the local gentry divided 243 acres of the moor between themselves, an act which was confirmed by the Chancery Court. This round had a muzzle velocity of 1830 feet per second and a chamber pressure of about 19 tons per square inch. It was changed to a limited company in 1884 as G. Kynoch & Co Ltd and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. In 1910 the 174 grain pointed Mark VII bullet was adopted and the muzzle velocity was increased to 2440 feet per second. The trade depression of the late 19th century, however, caused its closure in 1882. The last tracer round introduced into British service was the G Mark 8 round approved in 1945, the last armour piercing round was the W Mark 1Z introduced in 1945 and the last incendiary round was the B Mark 7 introduced in 1942. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. JAPAN is known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded Imperial Japanese Army Year Type 89 Machine Gun ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge, without any headstamp codes in: JAPAN is also known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose Imperial Japanese Navy Year Type 92 Machine Gun ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge, at their Aichi Naval Arsenal, Toyokawa Naval Arsenal and Yokosuka Naval Arsenal in the following configurations, SPAIN manufactured .303 ammunition and used it on a limited scale during and after the Civil War of 1936 39. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. V.J.Day. Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). ROF Blackburn. Town wins Northumbria in Bloom (Town Section). The Spennymoor ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. 8; . Spennymoor became part of the South West Durham depressed area. This is an insight into the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF 59, (1941-1945) and the 'Aycliffe Angels'. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . In 1963 changes were indicated and Durham County Council and then then Ministry of Housing and Local Government agreed that Spennymoor should be a new growth point and that town centre redevelopment should take place; that the Tudhoe ironworks site should be reclaimed; that a major highway scheme should be put into hand; that the Royal Ordnance Factory Industrial Estate should be extended and that the Green Lane Industrial Estate should be developed. ROF Brackla; Filling Factory No. It became Kynoch Ltd in 1897. Spennymoor Health Centre opened. Royal Ordnance, including the Royal Ordnance Factories, makers of guns, ammunition and explosives. 1969 Courtaulds Ltd. open spinning factory at Green Lane. Whitworth Park Golf Club (9 holes) opens. Incendiary B Mk 3, B Mk 4Z*, B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z. Everyman Theatre opens. K2 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Standish, near Wigan, Lancs, UNITED KINGDOM. I was an Air Raid Warden which meant seeing my workmates into the air raid shelter safely and staying with them until the air raid was over after the all clear siren. ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian. 1988 Spennymoor Cricket Club Ground purchased. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball, Mk 7 cartridges. 1913 Queen Mary visits the town. G18F1 or C18F1 Government Cartridge Factory No 1, Blackheath, Staffs., UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PPU or nny Prvi Partizan, Titovo Uzice, YUGOSLAVIA. 1942 There were 42 Royal Ordnance factories at this time, of which 24 were engineering, 8 made explosives, and 10 were engaged in filling ordnance (these numbers seem to have been confused by the MP reporting these statistics). FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. The last .303 ball cartridges manufactured at Radway Green in 1973 were loaded with nitro-cellulose powder and not cordite, cordite having last been used for the .303 cartridge in the 1960s. 1906 Birmingham Small Arms Co took over the Royal Small Arms Factory at Sparkbrook[5]. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. 1931 Pilgrim Trust founds the Settlement. U = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. 1940 German H.E. 01388 815276 Spennymoor had elected Labour MPs for many years, but in recent times the area has become more marginal. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ball cartridges for export pre 1939. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges: Ball, Mk 7 for 1914 1917 military contracts, Ball, Mk 7Z ( American WW2 Contract Pattern ). Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. 1887 Report by Lord Morley's committee into the Manufacturing Departments of the Army, which consisted of 4 establishments: Woolwich, Waltham Abbey, Enfield and Birmingham; the committee made a number of recommendations for reorganisation, having taken account of modern industrial practices[4]. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1, W Mk 1 Special and W Mk 1Z, Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite H Mk 2, H Mk 4 and H Mk 4Z, Incendiary B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z, B Mk 7 and B Mk 7Z. Produced .303 Mk 7 ball ammunition in cases believed to be made by Eley. On the one hand it brought housing efforts almost to a standstill, but on the industry front it saw the resurgence of Spennymoor as a major centre. 1853 Tudhoe Ironworks established. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges, A.VIS Atelier de Fabrication de Vincinnes, FRANCE. The land on which Spennymoor now stands was once a vast expanse of moorland covered with thorn and whin bushes (Spenny Moor). Prior to the formation of Kynoch Ltd (see later entry) it was known to have produced .303 cartridges in: GEVELOT Gevelot & Gaupillat Freres, Paris, FRANCE. Nitro-cellulose propellant however was extensively used during the first and second world wars. The cases were made by BSA for Maxim machine guns in the 1890s. The monogram MF1 was used for a short time in 1940 when the Gordon Street Factory commenced production. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. It was selected to produce small arms ammunition as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plans. those of the BBC. This factory was built in 1916 and was administered on behalf of the Government by the Kings Norton Metal Co. Production of .303 cartridges did not start until late 1918 and the production of all ammunition finally ceased in early 1919. New Railway station built at Spennymoor. Royal Ordnance Factory. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory. 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. Spennymoor Town Council, 1971 New sewage plant built at Tudhoe Mill. Made dummy drill rounds with a one piece tinplate case and bullet and having a crimped on base in 1915. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MG / MF2 Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 2, Gordon Street, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. c 1948. Its largest division was ammunition followed by tanks and fighting vehicles, which had factories at Leeds and Nottingham[8]. this was examining and weighing capsules to be used in Burma for killing mosquitoes and fleas. Ammunition production ceased completely at Woolwich in 1957, the last known production of .303 ammunition there being Mk 7 Ball in 1957. In addition to the .303 cartridges manufactured for Egypt this company also manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 round and are known to have been produced in: Incendiary Armour Piercing with Thermite filling, Incendiary Armour Piercing with Phosphorus filling, C.. Pirotecnico di Capua, ITALY. Penny Rate Product 239. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Servicesheld in Town Hall. On UK Government contracts 1914 1915. It was intended as a training aid only, for the observation of long range shooting where accuracy of fire was not always easily defined, even if tracer ammunition was used. R..W Rudge Whitworth Ltd., Tyseley, UNITED KINGDOM. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Used the same annulus colour coding as United Kingdom for ammunition supplied under contract to the British Government during both the First and Second World Wars. 1803 the Royal Carriage Department was set up, 1804 Manufacture of small arms began at the Tower of London. do not work properly without it enabled. 1934 to 1939 Many new Royal Ordnance Factories were built to enhance the capacity of the Royal Arsenal, Royal Gunpowder Factory and the Royal Small Arms Factory which, being close to London, were susceptible to being bombed[6]. Dunkirk survivors housed in halls and schools. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. 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