Servant in Service before the World Wars oral history video

MY LIFE AT HOME AND MY WORK AS A SERVANT A lady explains how life was for her as a child at home.  She explains how she left school at 14 years old in 1933 to work in service (as a servant) in the “big house”.  It was a privilege to record this lady, now […]

Women Land Army Photo Gallery

Women Land Army World War 2 Dig For Victory campaign included the Women’s Land Army Hullock Annie Land Army Girl 1943 Hullock Annie Land Army Girl With Dog 1943 Land Army Land Army 2 Land Army W Calf Land Army W Pig Women Land Army Armband Back Women Land Army Armband 3 Women Land Army […]

Explosion at Broughton Moor munitions dump Video

Explosion at Broughton Moor Munitions Dump video Oral history by Cockermouth lady about her mother working at the munitions factory at the Royal Navy Armaments Depot, locally known as “The Dump” in Broughton Moor in West Cumbria.  Huge shells were prepared and stored there and this lady’s mother worked there in WW2.  One day her mother came […]

Explosion at Broughton Moor Munitions Dump in wartime Photo Gallery

Explosion at Broughton Moor Munitions Dump in wartime Explosion at Munitions Factory!Explosion at Broughton Moor amunition works in WW2Oral history mini filmExplosive chemicalsThe danger of explosion was always presentEarth bunds protect neighboursIf your building exploded then earth walls keep the next building safe …?Explosion in 1944Sadly on Jan 18th 1944 an explosion destroyed one munitions […]