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1912 Durham Road Higher Elementary School opened. This Military Arsenal became Nederland Wapen & Munitiefabrikde Kruithoorn NV,s Hertogenbosch and later became Eurometaal. 1986 Tudhoe Community Centre built. 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). Nothing could well exceed the nuisance attendant on the disposal of excrement and refuse in Spennymoor. Byers Green and Kirk Merrington redeveloped. Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF, Blackburn was part of the Ministry of Defence organisations producing components for the manufacture of armaments and arms related equipment from the late 1930 until after WWII. 8 ROF Birtley. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. Production of the .303 cartridge commenced in 1940 and the last known production of this cartridge was in 1973 with Mk 7Z Ball and Dummy Drill cartridges. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. A A On cartridges c 1917 indicated a Pomeroy explosive incendiary Mk 2 bullet, C on early pre 1912 cartridges denoted a Cordite propellant charge, K On cartridges c 1918 indicated a Brock explosive incendiary bullet, Z indicated a nitro-cellulose propellant charge in the cartridge. Wesleyan Church opened. G18F1 or C18F1 Government Cartridge Factory No 1, Blackheath, Staffs., UNITED KINGDOM. The Arsenal dates from 1670 and has manufactured many different items of warlike stores for the armed forces. Although schemes were inaugurated to relieve the gloom nothing could make up for the lack of steady employment. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. BLANCH J Blanch & Sons of Fenchurch St, London, UNITED KINGDOM. More than 17,000 women worked at the factory, and Ms Scott said . Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. This cupro-nickle jacketed bullet, produced at the Dum Dum ammunition factory in India, had an exposed lead nose which gave rapid expansion on impact and therefore greater wounding effect when it hit a body. 1949 Bungalows built at Middlestone Moor. It was involved in the production of .303 cartridges in only a very limited way and is known to have manufactured these cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2 (in cases dated 1943 and 1944). This of course was not the total number of .303 rifles produced in the UK during WW2, as the SMLE Rifle No 1 was still being manufactured, BSA alone producing nearly a quarter of a million No 1 Mk III and III* rifles. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PPU or nny Prvi Partizan, Titovo Uzice, YUGOSLAVIA. The This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). The Dene is landscaped. Inside, the most interesting feature is the screen, a typical example of late-17th century work. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. 5. It became G. Kynoch & Co Ltd in 1884 and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. 1904 Tudhoe Rugby Club defunct. Known to have produced .303 cartridges with this headstamp April 1921 to December 1923, although some also produced in March 1924. public. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. bombs fall on Tudhoe. The Spennymoor Ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. The manufacturing departments, namely the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey and the Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield), were transferred to the War Office. Childrens play areas upgraded by the provision of safety surfacing at eight sites. We used to shelter under the stairs during air raids. 1895 First meeting of Urban District Council. P or PC Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. 1909 Pavilion Roller Skating Rink (The Rink) built in Clarence Street. The BBC is not responsible for the content of any external sites 1938 Reconstruction of Tudhoe Mill Sewerage Works. I listened to Vera Lynne and Tommy Handley who's catchphrase was 'Ta Ta for now (TTFN)'. ROF Fazakerley was a Royal Ordnance Factory rifle manufacturing plant in Fazakerley, Liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the Sten and Sterling [1] [2] [3] submachine guns and Lee-Enfield rifle during and after World War II . Ammunition was made at Woolwich long before the adoption of the .303 cartridge in 1889. Factory in operation 1828 1919. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. Johnson, who made a fortune out of it. After May 1918 the CAC monogram was used with two arrows . 1995 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II visited the Thorn Lighting factory at Spennymoor. Spennymoor Town Council, The bullet to this round was designed to break up with a puff of smoke on impact with a target or the ground . 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. In 1420 the Manor of Whitworth and much of the other land in the vicinity, from Raby to Brancepeth, and including Old Park, Byers Green, Newfield and Tudhoe, became Neville property, and the Earl of Westmorland (a Neville) was granted a licence from Bishop Langley to impark 40 acres at Whitworth, and so began the Whitworth park of today. They used the MF monogram May 1926 to 1945 and the AF monogram from January 1924 to February 1925. manufacturing in Britain. Monogram in use 1941 1945. 1918 World War l ended in victory for the Allies. FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. When we arrived at Goosepool Mr Hosie was not allowed to enter the airport as it was strictly guarded. 1972 Cambridge Theatre/Cinema destroyed by fire. The run-down of the mining industry, however, was nevertheless a serious blow. They had a goat mascot named Monty who ate the vegetables which the lads were growing, "Dig For Victory". The name Binchester is the usual Saxon corruption or adaptation of the Roman site name. 10. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, RR or RRCO Ross Rifle Co, Montreal, CANADA. There was no production of .303 ammunition in 1961. c 1948. 1944 Christmas Eve a stray German VI Flying Bomb exploded in Tudhoe Cricket Club field at 6 am D-Day, 6th June. 1920 Durham County Water Board provides water supply. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 130gr, 150gr, 180gr and 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, OFN Government Ordinance Factory, Lagos, NIGERIA. RH Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM. You appear to have JavaScript disabled in your browser settings. My thanks to John Kindred for clarification on the monograms used on Australian small arms ammunition. As is to be expected, the moor itself offers little of historical interest but it is linked with the records of Kirk Merrington, Whitworth Old Park, Binchester, Byers Green and Tudhoe, all of which form a part of the early days of Spennymoor. The most common system with the .303 cartridge used coloured bullet tips or colour around the annulus of the primer cap. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Canadian Mk 1 (1955 & 1956). Mr Hosie who was chauffeur for ROF at the time was our driver. 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. This fortress must have been of great strength, for it stood on a height above the River Wear; many coins, urns, altars and pieces of Roman pottery have been found, as well as the remains of a hypocaust of the heating system. The company was formed in the early 1890s having acquired the Holford Works of the National Arms and Ammunition Company and was in existence for only a short time. The monogram MF1 was used for a short time in 1940 when the Gordon Street Factory commenced production. The Badcock Armoury closed. Royal Ordnance Factory. My Father worked at the factory. High Street, The headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. The back streets stand deep in filth and mud. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MH Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 3, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. Its largest division was ammunition followed by tanks and fighting vehicles, which had factories at Leeds and Nottingham[8]. 1951 Population 19,740. This page was last edited on 27 May 2022, at 11:53. manufacturing in Britain. The one good road was maintained by tolls collected at turnpike gates. In 1963 too there came the first private building developments to take place since back in the days of the 19th century colliery owners. EGYPT is known to have produced .303 ball ammunition at the Government Arsenal Shoubra, United Arab Republic and Factory No 10 at Alexandria, Egypt. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . Birmingham Metal and Munitions had ceased manufacture of ammunition by 1920. 1939 Outbreak of World War II. Manufactured .303 cartridges from 1915 1918 in: Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, SAAF Small Arms Factory Footscray, AUSTRALIA. 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. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56 M917 ball ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge, AF Small Arms Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. The USA should therefore, along with Australia, India and the United Kingdom, be considered as one of the major producers of both .303 rifles and ammunition. 2. Colour coding appears in several forms on small arms ammunition. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1914 1918 in: MAXIM Maxim Arms Co.,London, UNITED KINGDOM. We sometimes danced and had concerts given by our work mates. Troubled Years They received their first Government contract for the supply of Mk 7 Ball ammunition in 1915 and continued to produce until the end of 1918 at their new factory at Tyseley. WWI Massive increase in production. Most countries do not, unlike Britain, identify the bullet by the headstamp, so such colour markings are often the only way to identify the bullet in use. The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. Later, Binchester became one of the vills of the Earl of Northumberland who held it until 1420 when it passed to the Nevilles who finally forfeited it with other lands in 1569. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. This round had a muzzle velocity of 1830 feet per second and a chamber pressure of about 19 tons per square inch. ROF Swynnerton; Filling Factory No. 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. Into the 20th Century Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1 and W Mk 1 Special. 13 Oct 2022 - Notice to Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme ("The Scheme") Members. 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. We were then taken to the canteen for lunch, which consisted of battered spam and chips. The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. Early site history and production [ edit] First World War [ edit] Do Hirtenberg Patronenfabrik factory at Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS. As he was being transferred from Italy to Germany he escaped by jumping from the train and for this among many other things he received the Military Medal. TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1973 Spennymoor Town Council created a Successor Council. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. They had a filling factory at Abbey Wood and later during the 1939-45 war a filling factory at Farnham. 1787 Purchase of the powdermill at Waltham Abbey which was named the Royal Gunpowder Factory. This story has been placed in the following categories. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the At various times it had propellant factories at Arklow, County Durham, making cordite; at Warsboro Dale, Yorkshire, making blackpowder and at Kynochtown, Stanford Le Hope, Essex, making smokeless powder. information and 237,145 images on early companies, their products and the Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: NORMA or norma Norma Projectilfabrik, Amotfors, SWEDEN. The trade depression of the late 19th century, however, caused its closure in 1882. Durham Light Infantry Brigade had lots of men from Spennymoor were sent to Oxford to train for overseas, they were billeted in a brewery in Nook Norton. As a general rule the absence of a colour coding indicates a standard ball cartridge. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . During the battle, the prior from Durham and his monks knelt on a little hillock in the Shaw Wood and prayed for an English victory while holding aloft, impaled on a spear, the Holy Corporax Cloth from the Cathedral. Archive List > United Kingdom > Wearside and County Durham, Submitted by Christine Rome at Spennymoor Library on behalf of Elizabeth Hodgson (ne Monaghan). In 1874 the then Local Government Board had reported: ROF Blackburn. On British military contracts 1940-45 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Mks 7 and 8Z. 581.38 KB. We had evacuees in Spennymoor, these were from Gateshead and people were given 8/- a week to keep them in food, which today is 40p! 2005 BAe Land Systems Munitions and Ordnance employs about 1650 people at sites including the former RO sites at Birtley, Bishopton, Bridgwater, Chorley, Glascoed, Radway Green and Shrivenham. Even by 1938 the situation had improved little. This round had a nitro-cellulose powder charge with a 175 grain boat tailed, streamline, jacketed bullet having a muzzle velocity of 2550 feet per second. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. The new St. Charles School opened. 1858 Page Bank Colliery disaster 10 miners killed. asked the Minister of War Transport (1) whether he will provide omnibus facilities to enable girls to travel from Ferryhill and Merrington to the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor in time to commence work at 7.30 a.m., and an omnibus service back to Ferryhill at 5 p.m.; I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor. My husband worked in the mines with Bevin Boys. 1897 Kenmirs furniture factory opens in Silver Street. There has been a film made about these men "The guinea pigs". El Alamein. By 1860, the factory was producing more than 90,000 rifles, or 1,744 a week. 21. Aycliffe filled the cases which we produced and this was very dangerous work. Post-War: many of the factories were closed, although some were reopened for the Korean war. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: K4 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Yeading, Hayes, Middlesex, UNITED KINGDOM. The Rise of Industry ETHIOPA is known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1959, FINLAND is known to have produced .303 inch cartridges in various loadings including Armour Piercing, Ball, Incendiary, Tracer and Drill rounds, FRANCE manufactured several variants of the .303 cartridge, including: Ball, Tracer, Armour piercing, Armour piercing / Tracer and Incendiary rounds, IRAQ is known to have produced .303 Ball cartridges, ISRAEL is known to have manufactured .303 ball cartridges at the Government Arsenal, Tel Aviv, Israel. 1855 Foundation stone laid at St Pauls Church. The main factor was the opening in 1941 of a Royal Ordnance Factory at Merrington Lane and since then this estate has provided a constant source of alternative employment to the coal industry. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. The first coal from Merrington Colliery was brought up in 1841; a pit with a chequered career which only prospered under the partnership of L.M Reay and R.S. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Short Range Practice ( New Zealand Pattern), 215 gr RNSP, 180 gr PSP, 180 gr HP, 174 gr PSP, 150 gr PSP, 130 gr PSP and 150 gr HP Sporting Ammunition, Mks 4 and 5 Big Game Exploder Sporting Ammunition. The following sections attempt to identify the manufacturers of the .303 cartridge and whilst it is acknowledged that this may not a complete listing I hope it will give some insight into this historically important cartridge. In addition to these plants the original cap production was maintained at Witton. On 16 October 1346 David of Scotland was encamped with a great army on the hills near Durham, and raiding bands under a Douglas had been terrorising the neighbourhood. Download. Download. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MG / MF2 Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 2, Gordon Street, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. In WWII Explosives factories were established at[9]: WWII: 20 Filling factories were planned but only 16 were built including[11] [12]: WWII: Other Filling factories were devoted to Small Arms Ammunition: Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. 915.78 GBX Go to investor center Data is from the London Stock Exchange and may be delayed by 15 minutes or more. 1880 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 17,000 tons of iron and 2,000 tons of steel. E or EB Eley Brothers, Edmonton, London, UNITED KINGDOM. IMPERIAL Canadian Industries Ltd, Montreal, CANADA and Plattsburg, NY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Some military training seems to have been given, doubtless with a view to the then unsettled state of the country due to the growing tension between Parliament and the King. Town wins Northumbria in Bloom (Town Section). Steve 11-03-2014, 06:29 PM #3 lithoman Incendiary bombs burn down Tudhoe Colliery Co-op. 1984 Royal Ordnance had 19 factories and 19000 employees when vested for privatization. It began production of .303 ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. We had workers playtime during our half hour break. RTS Richard Threlfall and Sons, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges, A.VIS Atelier de Fabrication de Vincinnes, FRANCE. BM British Munitions Co Ltd, Millwall, London, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. POF Pakistan Ordnance Factory, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory under the leadership of Captain Calderbank. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge post 1961. Production of ammunition ceased in 1944. The factory at Bishopton was responsible for producing explosives and propellants from the First World War and continued to supply the Army and Royal Air Force until production ceased in 2002. This company is believed to have manufactured .303 Ball, Blackpowder Mk 2 cartridges from 1890. Since the introduction of the .303 cartridge in 1889 it has been manufactured in at least 20 countries and in nearly 200 military variants as well as in numerous experimental and sporting cartridge configurations. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. Chamber pressure however was higher at 20 21 tons per square inch compared to the 19.5 tons per square inch of the Mark VII round. HN Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwaun, South Wales, UNITED KINGDOM. The assets of the company were taken over in 1918 by Explosives Trades Ltd which soon after was renamed Nobel Industries, this new organisation having been founded to amalgamate most of the explosives and ammunition interests of the many separate companies operating in Britain at that time. County Durham, T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. 1868 Spennymoor Steeplechase Meeting at the Four Lane Ends attracted 8,000 spectators. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This company was already in existence but unconnected with ammunition manufacture when the 1939 1945 war broke out. The MG monogram was changed to MF in 1949 which was used until 1962. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. Jackson, in his Place Names of Durham, 1916, suggests a Scandinavian Spaan meaning shingle-hut and Anglo-Saxon combination involving mar Spennymoor being the moor called after the shingle-hut erected thereon. 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