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15 October 2014
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Dangerous Work: Making Ammunition in Swynnerton

by stoke_on_trentlibs

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Hannah Colclough
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Civilian
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A2797301
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30 June 2004

This story was submitted to the Peoples War web site by Stoke-on-Trent libraries on behalf of Mrs Colclough and has been added with her permission. The author fully understands the sites terms and conditions.

I was taken from working in the potts to ammunitions work at swynnerton.
This was very dangerous work particulary as I was working with the detonators. They were very sensitive to touch, light and moisture.
One lady I knew, who was pregnant at the time, lost both her hands when a detonator went off by accident.

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