Home Front - Omnibus - 16-20 January 1917

16-20 January 1917

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In the week in 1917 when a munitions factory explosion in Silvertown, East London, killed 73 workers, and damaged 70,000 properties, the aftereffects of the Marshalls factory explosion are still rippling through every level of people's lives in Tyneside.

Written by Sarah Daniels Directed by Jessica Dromgoole

Story-led by Sebastian Baczkiewicz Sound: Martha Littlehailes Composer: Matthew Strachan Consultant Historian: Maggie Andrews.


Published on Friday, 20th January 2017.

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