Download 7 June 1917 - Isabel Graham
On this day in 1917, in the early hours of the morning, people as far away as Dublin were woken by the detonation of Messines Ridge, the biggest man-made explosion in history. In Folkestone, it's deafening.
Singers ..... Nancy Cole, Ksynia Loeffler, Stephen Jeffes, Tom Raskin, Charles Gibbs
Organ - David Smith
Written by Katie Hims
Singers conducted by Sam Evans
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.
Published on Wednesday, 7th June 2017.
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