1953 St Pauls Church damaged by fire. Demolition of High Street Railway Bridge. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. Royal Powder Mill Factory No 31. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory under the leadership of Captain Calderbank. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. This round, as originally adopted, consisted of a 215 grain, round nosed, cupro nickel jacketed bullet in front of 71.5 grains of RFG2 Blackpowder. 1951 Population 19,740. It was involved in the production of .303 cartridges in only a very limited way and is known to have manufactured these cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2 (in cases dated 1943 and 1944). Manufactured .303 cartridges from 1915 1918 in: Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, SAAF Small Arms Factory Footscray, AUSTRALIA. The ROF Blackburn. We were also allowed inside a Halifax Bomber and according to a map we flew all over Darlington and Durham. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. Royal Ordnance Factory. ROF Blackburn. SIP - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. In 1962 the Metals Division of ICI was reorganised as a separate company known as Imperial Metal Industries (Kynoch) Ltd. During WW1 Kynoch produced in excess of 2,373 million .303 cartridges. Ammunition was made at Woolwich long before the adoption of the .303 cartridge in 1889. Tudhoe and Spennymoor Local History Society founded. Colour coding appears in several forms on small arms ammunition. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor. This became the Royal Small Arms Factory (Birmingham). Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1934. Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Kenmirs Furniture Factory and the old Arcadia Cinema were both destroyed by fire. 8; . Spennymoor Health Centre opened. 581.38 KB. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. It was changed to a limited company in 1884 as G. Kynoch & Co Ltd and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. 1916 Town Hall built at a cost of 18,000. It was originally built by the Normans and its splendid strategic position led to it being fortified in 1143 by the Scots intruder, William Cumyn. HXP Greek Powder and Cartridge Co, Athens, GREECE. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges in 1924. The headstamp code G, denoting manufacturer, should not be confused with G as in GIV indicating a tracer cartridge. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. U or SAM South African Mint, Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. The manufacturing departments, namely the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, the Royal Gunpowder Factory at Waltham Abbey and the Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield), were transferred to the War Office. Rough houses were built for the pit workers - houses with two rooms and a loft, more like. Small Arms Ammunition - This type of factory was, in essence, an Engineering factory which specialised in the production of small arms shell casings. Durham Light Infantry Brigade had lots of men from Spennymoor were sent to Oxford to train for overseas, they were billeted in a brewery in Nook Norton. A Pretoria West Metal Pressings Pty., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. The huge munitions factory employed some 17,000 . 1906 Police Station opens. 8 ROF Birtley. Commonly known locally as the "Fuse" or "Fuze", because the majority of components in production related to the fuse mechanisms used on most explosive devices at the time, bombs. You appear to have JavaScript disabled in your browser settings. This was very interesting there of course was a special way of doing this that it opened properly when required. Spennymoor, and the surrounding settlements, have a long and varied history. 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. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. PMP Pretoria Metal Pressings (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. The monogram MF1 was used for a short time in 1940 when the Gordon Street Factory commenced production. those of the BBC. These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. ROF Swynnerton; Filling Factory No. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: MG / MF2 Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 2, Gordon Street, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. 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. info@spennymoor-tc.gov.uk In 1963 changes were indicated and Durham County Council and then then Ministry of Housing and Local Government agreed that Spennymoor should be a new growth point and that town centre redevelopment should take place; that the Tudhoe ironworks site should be reclaimed; that a major highway scheme should be put into hand; that the Royal Ordnance Factory Industrial Estate should be extended and that the Green Lane Industrial Estate should be developed. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. Royal Small Arms Factory Factory No 2. 1695 Gunpowder was also stored at Upnor Castle (later the Upnor Armaments Supply Depot) from at least as early as 1695. Download. Other methods include colouring of part or the whole of the cartridge case. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. Rough houses were built for the pit workers houses with two rooms and a loft, more like piggeries than human habitation according to Dodd. 1807 Small arms manufacture moved to the Royal Manufactory of Small Arms at Lewisham. M Nobel Explosives Ltd., Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges: Ball, Mk 7 for 1914 1917 military contracts, Ball, Mk 7Z ( American WW2 Contract Pattern ). Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Armour Piercing W Mk 1 and W Mk 1 Special. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plan. 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. By 1860, the factory was producing more than 90,000 rifles, or 1,744 a week. 1935 Tudhoe Colliery closes. 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. Spennymoor Leisure Pool opened cost 1.6m. RNRA Rhodesia National Rifle Association. 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. This was confirmed by experience gained in the Chitral and Tirah expeditions of 1897/98 on the North West Frontier of India where the round nose ball round compared poorly against the .303 inch Dum Dum rounds specially issued in 1897. Nothing could well exceed the nuisance attendant on the disposal of excrement and refuse in Spennymoor. 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. Gas Works opened for lighting in Spennymoor. Similar jacketed hollow point bullets were used in the Mark IV and V rounds. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of 1880 Tudhoe Iron Works produced 17,000 tons of iron and 2,000 tons of steel. Mr. Leslie. All these villages had common rights on the moor but, as it became denuded by increasing flocks, some of the local people were induced to relinquish their rights and so, gradually, the common became the property of just one owner Merrington Priory. Kirk Merrington football field refurbished. 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). 2003 Spennymoor Cemetery Memorial Garden officially opened. 1869 Shaft sunk at Tudhoe Grange Colliery. MF or AF Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 1, Footscray, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. This factory was part of the 1939- 45 war emergency expansion plans being situated near Crewe and is still in operation. The Spennymoor Ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 (identified on headstamp as 7.70) cartridges during 1918 in: Also known to have produced ball rounds in the 1920s and 30s, A VE Atelier de Construction de Valence, FRANCE. Everyman Theatre opens. 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. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. 1934 to 1939 Many new Royal Ordnance Factories were built to enhance the capacity of the Royal Arsenal, Royal Gunpowder Factory and the Royal Small Arms Factory which, being close to London, were susceptible to being bombed[6]. The first coal from Merrington Colliery was brought up in 1841; a pit with a chequered career which only prospered under the partnership of L.M Reay and R.S. In 1918 this factory was capable of producing at the rate of about 10 million rounds per month. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. Smart and Brown opens on Ordnance Factory site. V.J.Day. The next day the main bodies of the two armies met at Nevilles Cross, near Durham, and the Scots were slaughtered. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball cartridges, VIS Atelier de Chargement de Vincennes, FRANCE. 1938 Reconstruction of Tudhoe Mill Sewerage Works. This factory was part of the 1939 1945 war emergency expansion plan and was situated at Blackpole on the site of the earlier Government Cartridge Factory No 3 of 1916. Population 19,073. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. Byers Green and Kirk Merrington redeveloped. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in 1942 only. 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. Eley Brothers are known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Explosive Pomeroy Mk 1, PSA Mk 1, PSA (VII.A) MK 1, RL Tracer Mk 1, Tracer SPK Mk VII.T and SPG (VII.G) Mk 1Z. 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. BE or BE Royal Ordnance Factory, Blackpole, Worcester, UNITED KINGDOM. 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. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges, A.VIS Atelier de Fabrication de Vincinnes, FRANCE. The .303 British Service cartridge, commonly known as the .303 or .303 British was adopted by Britain along with the Lee Metford Rifle in 1889. In 1930 the coke ovens which remained on the ironworks site were only working intermittently. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor - Hansard - UK Parliament Hansard record of the item : 'Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor' on Thursday 31 May 1945. MJ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 4, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. AOC Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome, ITALY. Both firms are believed to have manufactured .303 Blackpowder Mk 2 Ball Cartridges, L-E or U Remington UMC, Bridgeport, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. We were then taken to the canteen for lunch, which consisted of battered spam and chips. International Bowls Championships held in Town. 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. They are known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: GA Grenfell and Accles Ltd, Perry Barr, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. 1986 Tudhoe Community Centre built. 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 . Also manufactured Mk VI Dummy cartridges, SBR Sellier & Bellot, Riga, LATVIA. 1940 German H.E. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . In 1910 the 174 grain pointed Mark VII bullet was adopted and the muzzle velocity was increased to 2440 feet per second. Known to have produced Ilmavoimat Konekivaarin Patruuna Kal 7.70 machine gun cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in: W or WRA Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 17. K2 Imperial Chemical Industries Kynoch factory at Standish, near Wigan, Lancs, UNITED KINGDOM. RH Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Believed to have manufactured .303 ammunition as early as 1898 until 1918. In 1938 the .303 Mark VIIIZ round was approved to obtain greater effective range from the Vickers Medium Machine Gun. To see the Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: TM..B Pirotechnia di Bologna, ITALY. This powder charge being pressed into a pellet with both ends slightly rounded and pierced with a flash hole through the centre. Population rises to 19,560. It became Kynoch Ltd in 1897. Quarter inch green band Canadian made tracer, Wide green band at equator of case Canadian made Match Ball (1922), Six purple bands around equator of case Canadian Match Ball (1926), Ball round with case blackened quarter inch back from the mouth Short Range Practice Mk 1 (1895 1897), or Mk 2 (1899 1912), Case completely blackened with brass dummy bullet Blank with mock bullet Mk 6, Blank case all black Rifle grenade blank Mk 2, Blank, front half black Rifle Grenade, Ballistite, Blank, front and rear thirds black Rifle grenade Mk 4 for Grenade No 85, Blank, rear half black Rifle grenade blank Mk 7z or Smoke discharger Mk 1T, Ball, reddened case Proof round Mks 1 to 3. 1918 World War l ended in victory for the Allies. Although these were the only houses built before the war, they did provide some hope and allowed the clearance of some of the worst of the squalid areas. 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. 5. These should not be confused with the manufacturers identification code. Monogram in use 1940 to 1945. 1912 Durham Road Higher Elementary School opened. 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. 1941 Royal Ordnance Factory opens. 1871 Tower Brewery built at Tudhoe Grange. 2. Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF, Blackburn was part of the Ministry of Defence organisations producing components for the manufacture of armaments and arms related equipment from the late 1930 until after WWII. Ammunition production ceased completely at Woolwich in 1957, the last known production of .303 ammunition there being Mk 7 Ball in 1957. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges . Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. this was examining and weighing capsules to be used in Burma for killing mosquitoes and fleas. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian airmen were stationed. Royal Ordnance Factory, Spennymoor, Durham, UK. Town Hall, Cordite was used as a propellant from 1891 and the first adopted cordite cartridge, the Cartridge S.A. Ball, Magazine Rifle Cordite Mark 1, had a 215 grain round nosed cupro-nickel jacketed bullet giving a muzzle velocity of about 1970 feet per second at a chamber pressure of about 17.5 tons per square inch. Call Us: 01388 815276 DA Dominion Arsenal, Montreal, CANADA. The new St. Charles School opened. 1985 Victoria Jubilee Park purchased by the Town Council. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 ball cartridges for export pre 1939. This mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. BPD Bombrini, Parodi et Delfino, Rome ITALY. At various times it had propellant factories at Arklow, County Durham, making cordite; at Warsboro Dale, Yorkshire, making blackpowder and at Kynochtown, Stanford Le Hope, Essex, making smokeless powder. On 16 October 1346 David of Scotland was encamped with a great army on the hills near Durham, and raiding bands under a Douglas had been terrorising the neighbourhood. The last tracer round introduced into British service was the G Mark 8 round approved in 1945, the last armour piercing round was the W Mark 1Z introduced in 1945 and the last incendiary round was the B Mark 7 introduced in 1942. Types of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. 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. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. Royal Ordnance Factory Leeds, first opened as a munitions factory in December 1915 and opened as an ROF in January 1936, was one of a number of Royal Ordnance Factories created at the start of the Second World War . Post-WWI Returned to lower production levels. 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. He was in a parachute regiment when Italy capitulated. The first blow was the closure in 1901 of the ironworks which had been rendered obsolete by the pace of change elsewhere. The Badcock Armoury closed. 1560 The Gunpowder Mills at Waltham Abbey were opened.[1]. 1716 Subsequently the Royal Brass Foundry was established for the manufacture of brass ordnance. Three closed in 1924 and the strike saw another two fail. Single lineRailway Bridge built over High Street. 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. In WWI the Ministry of Munitions took over responsibility for manufacture of explosives (see H. M. Explosive Factories) and for filling of munitions (see National Filling Factories and National Projectile Factories, etc). Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MJB Incendiary Annexe to MJ Hendon, AUSTRALIA. Spennymoor became part of the South West Durham depressed area. 1990 Town Council wins Waterlow Trophy for fourth year. This Military Arsenal became Nederland Wapen & Munitiefabrikde Kruithoorn NV,s Hertogenbosch and later became Eurometaal. ROF Spennymoor; SAA Factory No. It is known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite H Mk 3 and H Mk 5. 915.78 GBX Go to investor center Data is from the London Stock Exchange and may be delayed by 15 minutes or more. Solid Case, .303inch. Nobel Industries in turn was to become part of the new giant Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd when it was formed in 1926. Prior to the formation of Kynoch Ltd (see later entry) it was known to have produced .303 cartridges in: GEVELOT Gevelot & Gaupillat Freres, Paris, FRANCE. DAC Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, CANADA. The Captain without thinking shouted 'shoot the bugger' and this is what the lads did and were in serious trouble. 1929 Prince of Wales visits Spennymoor. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge post 1961. BLANCH J Blanch & Sons of Fenchurch St, London, UNITED KINGDOM. Population 22,000. WCC Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. This round had a nitro-cellulose powder charge with a 175 grain boat tailed, streamline, jacketed bullet having a muzzle velocity of 2550 feet per second. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Late Pattern ), Blank, Nitro-cellulose L Mk 5Z ( Canadian Pattern ). RG Royal Ordnance Factory, Radway Green, Cheshire, UNITED KINGDOM. 1898 North Eastern Hotel destroyed by fire. 1803 the Royal Carriage Department was set up, 1804 Manufacture of small arms began at the Tower of London. 1858 Page Bank Colliery disaster 10 miners killed. They had a goat mascot named Monty who ate the vegetables which the lads were growing, "Dig For Victory". 1984 Royal Ordnance had 19 factories and 19000 employees when vested for privatization. Between 1988 and 1992 the Gordon Street factory used the monogram AFF. The arms factory was closed in 1987. I remember lads coming home from Dunkirk, I helped WRVS to feed and sew stripes on their clothes. From 1918 to 1950 it had its own parliamentary constituency, from 1950 to 1974 it was in the Durham constituency and from 1974 to 1983 in the North West Durham constituency. Aycliffe filled the cases which we produced and this was very dangerous work. 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