Download. Proof, Cordite Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3, Q Mk 3, Q Mk 4 and Q Mk 5, Tracer SPG(VII.G) Mk 1 and SPG(VII.G) Mk1Z, Tracer G Mk 1, G Mk 1 Special, G Mk 2, G Mk 3 and G Mk 4, Experimental steel anti fouling bulleted rounds, Experimental Armour Piercing Tracer (1917-18), Experimental Explosive, RTS and RTT Cartridges, Experimental Grenade Launching Cartridges. 1877 New iron Railway Bridge replaced the old wooden Bridge over the High Street. Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. Rough houses were built for the pit workers houses with two rooms and a loft, more like piggeries than human habitation according to Dodd. ROF Patricroft; M/C Shop Engineering ROF. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not The Rise of Industry text of this web site is available under the Creative RA Raufoss Ammunisjonsfabrikker, Raufoss, NORWAY. DC Dominion Cartridge Company which later became the Dominion Ammunition Division of Canadian Industries Ltd. We were shown how the airmen assembled our bullets and taken to try the Frainer Bomber (named the Lincoln Frainer). Hornady Hornady have manufactured their Custom brand of nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ammunition in the following sporting cartridges: 150 gr Spire Point Soft nosed sporting cartridge, 174 gr Round Soft nosed sporting cartridge. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 915.78 GBX Go to investor center Data is from the London Stock Exchange and may be delayed by 15 minutes or more. Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. people who designed and built them. 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. In 1918 this factory had the capacity to produce about 5.4 million rounds per month. ROF Brackla; Filling Factory No. 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. 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. RTS Richard Threlfall and Sons, UNITED KINGDOM. It stands above the Wear Valley approximately seven miles south of Durham. 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). 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. Despite the high levels of unemployment, the housing situation at last took an upturn in the 1930s when the Urban District Council began to use its wider powers to take action on unfit houses. Inside, the most interesting feature is the screen, a typical example of late-17th century work. After the war in 1918 Kynoch Ltd, in common with most other British small arms ammunition manufacturers, was merged into Explosives Trades Ltd, later to become Nobel Industries. V.J.Day. This powder charge being pressed into a pellet with both ends slightly rounded and pierced with a flash hole through the centre. Tudhoe football field created. The coal mining at Whitworth and a small foundry at Merrington Lane were the earliest industries, but in 1853 the Weardale Iron and Coal Company opened its great ironworks at Tudhoe. It may be of some interest to learn that during the First World War more than 7,000 million Mk 7 ball cartridges were produced by British factories alone. These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. http://www.durhamatwar.org.uk/material/569/, 1837 Spennymoors firstRailway Station built, 1839 Shaft sunk at Whitworth Park Colliery, 1841- Spennymoor National School (Dysons) opened. Known to have produced both ball and blank .303 cartridges. These should not be confused with the manufacturers identification code. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: KF or K Indian Government Ammunition Factory Kirkee (or Kirkee Arsenal), near Poona, INDIA. In addition to colour coding, British and Commonwealth .303 ammunition had a letter code pre 1955 to denote the type of bullet as well as the type of propellant charge. 1871 Tower Brewery built at Tudhoe Grange. 1988 Spennymoor Cricket Club Ground purchased. FNT Fabrica Nacional de Espana, Palencia, SPAIN. These squalid conditions were paralleled by the ever-uncertain economic conditions in industry. Incendiary bombs burn down Tudhoe Colliery Co-op. Dean & Chapter andMainsforth Collieries opened. 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]. 2000 Millennium Mining Memorial unveiled in Victoria Jubilee Park. 1889 William Anderson was appointed Director General of Ordnance Factories, responsible for the ordnance factories, laboratory, carriage department and gun factory at Woolwich Arsenal, the small-arms factories at Enfield and Birmingham, and the gunpowder factory at Waltham Abbey. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: F Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. MF or AF Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 1, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. 2001 Memorial to two Hurricane pilots killed in aircrash at Tudhoe in 1942 unveiled at York Hill Cemetery. The effect of the closure was relieved by the sinking of the Dean and Chapter colliery in 1904, but the reliance on this one basic industry was to persist until the 1960s. Spennymoor became part of the South West Durham depressed area. Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Black powder Canada ), Gallery Practice Mk 1 ( Smokeless Canada ). On 2 January the majority were vested in the UK Government-owned company Royal Ordnance Plc together with 3 Agency-operated Factories, the Waltham Abbey south site and the Royal Small Arms Factory. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency plans and produced its first complete .303 rounds in October 1940. 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. CHINA is known to have produced some 7.7mm rimmed ammunition for use in captured Japanese machine guns from 1945 onwards. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges: Ball, Mk 7 for 1914 1917 military contracts, Ball, Mk 7Z ( American WW2 Contract Pattern ). U or SAM South African Mint, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. 1985 There were 12 Royal Ordnance Factories still in operation. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Royal_Ordnance&oldid=1277361, Creative UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: (The metal components for these rounds were manufactured by MH and MJ at Hendon). .303 cartridges known to have been produced with the Blackpole headstamped cases from 1941 to 1945 are: Ball, Cordite Mk 7 Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z Dummy, U Mk 5 Incendiary, B Mk 6Z and B Mk 7Z Tracer, G Mks 2, 3 and 4 do not work properly without it enabled. B,J,M or N Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co Ltd., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Custom was when the boys used these parachutes successfully it was usual for them to send a letter of thanks and a present to whoever had packed the parachute as the girls would have their name and address inside the package. DL16 6DG. Single lineRailway Bridge built over High Street. 10. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1937, SFM Societe Francaise des Munitions, Issy les Moulineaux, FRANCE. Jubilee Park new Bowling Green created. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian airmen were stationed. 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. The Badcock Armoury closed. 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. 8; . Nevertheless, the situation remained bad and there were still far too many damp, badly lit and ventilated houses opening onto small paved yards or back streets. At the factory we made .303 and .5 cases and caps, as well as bullets. Belisha Beacons located in Spennymoor High Street. Believed to have manufactured .303 ammunition as early as 1898 until 1918. 17. It was selected to produce small arms ammunition as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plans. 102.56 KB. 1973 Spennymoor Town Council created a Successor Council. Used the monogram 1942 to 1943. A strike, which lasted 13 weeks, paralysed the area in 1892, although out of the enforced idleness came foundations of new growth, for the machinery at the Tudhoe Iron works was then renovated and a new mill laid down. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. AOC Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome, ITALY. Subsequently became part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments business. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. 2. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded Imperial Japanese Navy Year Type 92 Machine Gun ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: ZV Zbrojovka Brno, Brno, CZECHOSLOVAKIA. people who designed and built them. 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 company represents the only new commercial ammunition manufacturer put into business by the Government as a result of demand in the 1914- 18 war. VPT Valtion Patruunatehdas, Lapua, FINLAND. The Spennymoor ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. 1880 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 17,000 tons of iron and 2,000 tons of steel. Tracer Mk VII.G, G Mk 1, G Mk 2, G Mk 2Z, G Mk 3, Tracer G Mk 3Z, G Mk 4, G Mk 5, G Mk 6, G Mk 6Z, G Mk 7, G Mk 8 and G Mk 8Z, 180 gr Jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, Streamlined Pattern 1936-37 Match Cartridge, Bulleted blanks for Bren, Lewis and Vickers, Experimental armour piercing incendiary (1956). This mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. BLANCH J Blanch & Sons of Fenchurch St, London, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. In 1930 the coke ovens which remained on the ironworks site were only working intermittently. The land on which Spennymoor now stands was once a vast expanse of moorland covered with thorn and whin bushes (Spenny Moor). Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge post 1961. Spennymoor, 1995 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II visited the Thorn Lighting factory at Spennymoor. This company manufactured ammunition from an early stage, finally ceasing production in the late 1950s. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Factory in operation 1828 1919. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. Penny Rate Product 23,000. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1914 1918 in: MAXIM Maxim Arms Co.,London, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of 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. 1921 Royal Ordnance took over the National Filling Factories. manufacturing in Britain. However, as always in industrial life, boom was followed by bust or near bust, and by 1879 miners wages were down to 4s 9d a day and those of ironworkers to a mere 3s a day. After ROF I worked for C.I.E.M.E. Initially ICI Ltd were to have operated this plant but they were advised in 1940 of the change in plans and the factory was run as a Royal Ordnance Factory by the Ministry of Supply. Explosive bullets were not produced in the UK after about 1933 due to the relatively small amount of explosive that could be contained in the bullet limiting their effectiveness, their role being successfully fulfilled by the use of Mark 6 and 7 incendiary bullets which were also of a less complicated construction. 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. It began production of .303 Ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. The end of World War II, however, saw this industrial activity greatly curtailed and hard times returned, although without the severity of the earlier pre-war years. This ammunition is known to have been commercially exported by the manufacturer post 1950 to Afghanistan and India. Tracer, armour piercing and incendiary cartridges were adopted by the British Government during 1915, explosive bullets having been approved for service in 1916. There was a glazeboard wad on top of the charge to protect the base of the bullet. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. K2 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Standish, near Wigan, Lancs, UNITED KINGDOM. Servicesheld in Town Hall. The Mark VI round was introduced in 1904 with a 215 grain jacketed round nosed bullet similar to the Mark II bullet but with a thinner jacket. These appalling conditions continued into the 20th century and even by 1920 less than 10% of the town houses had water closets. 1984 Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment's Waltham Abbey south site became part of Royal Ordnance. 1898 North Eastern Hotel destroyed by fire. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor, Durham, UK. 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. Its head office is at Glascoed. A new 3-bedroom semi cost 3,375 to buy on private housing estate. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. By 1860, the factory was producing more than 90,000 rifles, or 1,744 a week. 1934 Prince of Wales visits the Town for a second time. The Captain without thinking shouted 'shoot the bugger' and this is what the lads did and were in serious trouble. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges, VIS Atelier de Chargement de Vincennes, FRANCE. This factory is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PS or S Pirotechnico Militar de Seville, SPAIN. Do Hirtenberg Patronenfabrik factory at Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS. SR = Royal Ordnance Factory - Spennymoor, United Kingdom. 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, Parade of Golden Roses, Jubilee Park. Wesleyan Church opened. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and Nevertheless, the whole of this countryside was made desolate by Williams soldiers, and for many years it was the haunt of outlaws and wild animals. POF Pakistan Ordnance Factory, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN. Later, effective tracer and incendiary composition operations were also carried out at Witton. WCC Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Mon - Thurs 8:45 - 17:00, Fri 8:45 - 16:30 The three historic state-controlled munitions factories at Woolwich, Enfield, and Waltham Abbey were taken over as National Factories were controlled by the Army Board at the outbreak of the war, under the Master General of the Ordnance. The 800 house estate at Greenways and the 300 house estate at Tudhoe Grange were started, although it was not until the industrial prosperity of the 1970s that private house building reached 100 a year. There has been a film made about these men "The guinea pigs". Town Hall, The latter resulted in colliery workers houses springing up on the main Durham road. In addition to these plants the original cap production was maintained at Witton. Spennymoor United AFC founded. The run-down of the mining industry, however, was nevertheless a serious blow. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MH Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 3, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. Rough houses were built for the pit workers - houses with two rooms and a loft, more like. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: 180 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition, 150 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. IMPERIAL Canadian Industries Ltd, Montreal, CANADA and Plattsburg, NY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. 1803 the Royal Carriage Department was set up, 1804 Manufacture of small arms began at the Tower of London. 3. This page was last edited on 27 May 2022, at 11:53. Population rises to 19,560. This company was formed in 1890 at Kings Norton, it owned its own rolling mills and had a loading plant at Abbey wood in Kent. Electric lighting for Spennymoor. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: US United States Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This factory was built in 1916 and was administered on behalf of the Government by the Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co. .303 cartridge production started in early 1918 and continued until late 1918 when the factory ceased production altogether. The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. 1886 The Sparkbrook factory of the National Arms and Ammunition Co was sold to the government[2] in order to secure the production of small arms. 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. As a result, many hundreds of immigrant workers came here from the Midlands and more rows of dark little houses were erected. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Late Pattern ), Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Mk 5Z ( Canadian Pattern ). My sister lived in Billingham which was badly bombed, the sky was full of barrage balloons to protect the ICI factory. The headstamp code B denoting the manufacturer should not be confused with B as in BVIIZ which indicates incendiary ammunition. 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). Known to have manufactured 7.7 x 56R bulleted blanks, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. Set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plans. I remember lads coming home from Dunkirk, I helped WRVS to feed and sew stripes on their clothes. Following experimentation to increase the effectiveness of the ball cartridge the British Government adopted a 215 grain cupro-nickle jacketed hollow pointed bullet in 1897 as the Cartridge S.A. Ball .303 inch Cordite Mark III. During the period ending with the 1914-18 war Kynoch, which by then was the largest of the British commercial ammunition manufacturers, owned rolling mills at Witton; at Lodge Road, Birmingham and at Eyre Street, Birmingham. On UK Government contracts 1914 1915. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. The arms factory was closed in 1987. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: G..F3 or C..F3 Government Cartridge Factory No 3, Blackpole, Worcestershire, UNITED KINGDOM. This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. A nursery school was opened in the park to look after children while mothers did war work. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. There are entire streets without any closet accommodation whatever and in its stead open wooden boxes are placed opposite nearly every doorway for the reception of the excrement, ashes and other refuse; an arrangement which, besides being revolting to every sense of decency, is stated to be offensive in the extreme, especially in hot weather. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. 1853 Tudhoe Ironworks established. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded cartridges in: APX Atelier de Construction de Puteaux, FRANCE. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: T.BLAND & SONS Commercial .303 ammunition loaded by T. Bland & Sons, London, UNITED KINGDOM in ball and sporting configurations. We used to shelter under the stairs during air raids. 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