The greatest project came with the development of the Tudhoe ironworks site 70 acres that was turned into the Bessemer Park Housing Estate. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Melbourne, AUSTRALIA. It is known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Cordite H Mk 3 and H Mk 5. MQ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 5, Rocklea, AUSTRALIA. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. In addition to these plants the original cap production was maintained at Witton. Single lineRailway Bridge built over High Street. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. International Bowls Championships held in Town. He was in a parachute regiment when Italy capitulated. 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. This company was already in existence but unconnected with ammunition manufacture when the 1939 1945 war broke out. 1949 Bungalows built at Middlestone Moor. The bullet to this round was designed to break up with a puff of smoke on impact with a target or the ground . The run-down of the mining industry, however, was nevertheless a serious blow. public. This company is believed to have manufactured .303 Ball, Blackpowder Mk 2 cartridges from 1890. 1987 Town wins National Allotment Society Waterlow Trophy. 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 . Mr. Leslie. My husband worked in the mines with Bevin Boys. 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. The Spennymoor ammunition was then filled at ROF Aycliffe. 1931 Pilgrim Trust founds the Settlement. ROF Blackpool; SAA Factory. Housing, too, has made great strides since the end of the War. Cartridge cases were being produced by late 1940 but the ball bullets were still being imported into the factory in 1941. A or AI Artillerie Inrichtingen, Hembrug, NETHERLANDS. 1803 the Royal Carriage Department was set up, 1804 Manufacture of small arms began at the Tower of London. 1875 Croxdale Colliery explosion 1 miner killed. The next day the main bodies of the two armies met at Nevilles Cross, near Durham, and the Scots were slaughtered. 1891 Whitworth Hall restored after fire of 1877. 299.06 KB. D, DF, N or S Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum, Calcutta, INDIA. Do Hirtenberg Patronenfabrik factory at Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS. 1716 Subsequently the Royal Brass Foundry was established for the manufacture of brass ordnance. Byers Green and Kirk Merrington redeveloped. The monogram MF1 was used for a short time in 1940 when the Gordon Street Factory commenced production. The Rise of Industry Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1941 1945 in: RL Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, UNITED KINGDOM. The Cleveland iron trade, which used the coal and coke produced at Spennymoor, was depressed. MI Societe Meridionale dIndustrie, Robert Paulet & Cie ( formerly called Cartoucherie Leon Paulet), Marseille, FRANCE. 1921 Royal Ordnance took over the National Filling Factories. 1970 Moor Grange sheltered accommodation completed. There has been a film made about these men "The guinea pigs". The Known to have manufactured 7.7 x 56R bulleted blanks, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. CHINA is known to have produced some 7.7mm rimmed ammunition for use in captured Japanese machine guns from 1945 onwards. Band Stand refurbished to its former state. My thanks to John Kindred for clarification on the monograms used on Australian small arms ammunition. 1909 Pavilion Roller Skating Rink (The Rink) built in Clarence Street. Quite a few of these men must have been miners, as at that time coale pits were being worked at Whitworth, Byers Green and Fernhill. Penny Rate Product 23,000. 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. A new 3-bedroom semi cost 3,375 to buy on private housing estate. In 1910 the 174 grain pointed Mark VII bullet was adopted and the muzzle velocity was increased to 2440 feet per second. Three closed in 1924 and the strike saw another two fail. 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. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Cartridge Rifle Grenade, H Mk 7Z, M11 and M12, FNM Fabrica Nacional de Municoes e Armas Legeiras, Moscavide, PORTUGAL. The assets of the company were taken over in 1918 by Explosives Trades Ltd which soon after was renamed Nobel Industries, this new organisation having been founded to amalgamate most of the explosives and ammunition interests of the many separate companies operating in Britain at that time. Spennymoor had elected Labour MPs for many years, but in recent times the area has become more marginal. The last .303 ball cartridges manufactured at Radway Green in 1973 were loaded with nitro-cellulose powder and not cordite, cordite having last been used for the .303 cartridge in the 1960s. These factories were given the designation Royal Ordnance Factories (ROF). The Manor of Merrington belonged successively to the priors, monks and dean and chapter of Durham Cathedral. These soft nosed and hollow pointed bullets were considered however to be in contravention of the St Petersburg Declaration and the Hague Convention, in 1903 they were withdrawn from active service and were afterwards to be used solely for target practice. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Mks 7 and 8Z. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: y Toyokawa Naval Arsenal, JAPAN. I remember Lord Haw Haw on radio speaking from Germany calling. Rough houses were built for the pit workers - houses with two rooms and a loft, more like. Should the reader be aware of any omissions in this manufacturers listing then the author would be very pleased to hear from them. 1869 Shaft sunk at Tudhoe Grange Colliery. In 1963 too there came the first private building developments to take place since back in the days of the 19th century colliery owners. 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. 1954 Middlestone Moor housing estate commenced. This of course was not the total number of .303 rifles produced in the UK during WW2, as the SMLE Rifle No 1 was still being manufactured, BSA alone producing nearly a quarter of a million No 1 Mk III and III* rifles. Object details Category Weapons and ammunition Related period Second World War (production), Second World War (association) Creator Royal Ordnance Factory Spennymoor (GB & Durham) Production date Wolsey adopted by people of Spennymoor. 3. 1906 Police Station opens. Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. Low Spennymoor houses cleared. The arms factory was closed in 1987. FN Fabrique National dArmes de Guerre, Herstal, BELGIUM. 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. I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory (ROF) at Spennymoor. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories . 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. There were, of course, early problems, but the new industries became established and, in most cases, began to expand. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. 1985 Victoria Jubilee Park purchased by the Town Council. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MJB Incendiary Annexe to MJ Hendon, AUSTRALIA. 1855 Foundation stone laid at St Pauls Church. Production gap from Jan 1921 to March 1921 after the factory was leased to the Government Known to have produced during 1920-21 the .303 cartridges in: CP Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Guiseley, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM, although filling took place at Doncaster (see below). bombs fall on Tudhoe. Nothing could well exceed the nuisance attendant on the disposal of excrement and refuse in Spennymoor. This change was agreed in August 1915 and thus these sites became nominally part of the National Factory programme. 39 and 40. ROF Aycliffe; Filling Factory No. PMP Pretoria Metal Pressings (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. Amongst the many hundreds of guns produced during his administration, which were at least 50% more powerful than the guns they superseded, not a single failure or accident of any kind occurred. BE or BE Royal Ordnance Factory, Blackpole, Worcester, UNITED KINGDOM. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56 M917 ball ammunition, which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridge, AF Small Arms Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. In 1918 this factory was capable of producing at the rate of about 10 million rounds per month. Originally colour markings arose from the need to make a quick visual check of the arrangements in a machine gun belt and they are now almost universally applied. This firm was first formed by George Kynoch at Witton in 1862 as a manufacturer of percussion caps. 1935 Tudhoe Colliery closes. Nitro-cellulose filled .303 American WW1 Contract Pattern cartridges were produced during the period 1914 1917 as. In WWII Explosives factories were established at[9]: WWII: 20 Filling factories were planned but only 16 were built including[11] [12]: WWII: Other Filling factories were devoted to Small Arms Ammunition: Grace's Guide web site design is Copyright 2021 by Grace's Guide Ltd. This was very interesting there of course was a special way of doing this that it opened properly when required. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. A nursery school was opened in the park to look after children while mothers did war work. Although schemes were inaugurated to relieve the gloom nothing could make up for the lack of steady employment. The arms factory was closed in 1987. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: F Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, AUSTRALIA. VE Cartoucherie de Valence, FRANCE. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges during 1988. They received their first Government contract for the supply of Mk 7 Ball ammunition in 1915 and continued to produce until the end of 1918 at their new factory at Tyseley. This factory was part of the 1939- 45 war emergency expansion plans being situated near Crewe and is still in operation. Spennymoor became part of the South West Durham depressed area. Temple, Collectors Cartridge Catalogue No 29 by Conjay Arms Company Ltd, Whitneys Heritage, A Study of Cartridges Manufactured by The Colonial Ammunition Company in New Zealand. Nitro-cellulose propellant however was extensively used during the first and second world wars. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7 ( Canadian WW1 contract pattern ) 1914-16, Ball, Nitro-cellulose Mk 7Z ( Canadian Pattern ), Tracer G Mk 2Z, G Mk 4Z ( Canadian Pattern ). Engineering - This type of factory produced bomb and shell casings and other metal-based components for all types of munitions. The town was founded over 160 years ago. Cases were made in Birmingham then assembled and loaded at the Abbey Wood Factory, next to Woolwich Arsenal. This factory is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: PS or S Pirotechnico Militar de Seville, SPAIN. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, Mk 7. Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: Ball, L1A1 to British Government contract(1982-85). The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory under the leadership of Captain Calderbank. Town Centre redeveloped. This ammunition is known to have been commercially exported by the manufacturer post 1950 to Afghanistan and India. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges, A.VIS Atelier de Fabrication de Vincinnes, FRANCE. WWI Massive increase in production. Cost 87,000. 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. UT = Utah Ordnance Plant - Salt Lake City, Utah. Spennymoor, and the surrounding settlements, have a long and varied history. The latter resulted in colliery workers houses springing up on the main Durham road. DAC Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, CANADA. The Norman Conquest meant little to the border folk initially, for they had lived with the constant threat of massacre by raiding Picts and Danes, but then Williams soldiers laid waite the county and distributed the Saxon nobles estates among themselves. IS - Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme - 2022. RH Raleigh Cycle Co, Nottingham, UNITED KINGDOM. ROF Bishopton; Explosive ROF (3 factories). Used on military .303 (7.7 x 56R) cartridges supplied to Egypt in the period 1948 1954. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. 1987 Middlestone Moor Community Centre extended. Dunkirk survivors housed in halls and schools. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plan. Skip to main content Hansard UK Parliament Hansard P or PC Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 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. Known to have manufactured .303 cartridges in: US United States Cartridge Co, Lowell, Mass., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ROF Steeton; SAA Factory No. They had a goat mascot named Monty who ate the vegetables which the lads were growing, "Dig For Victory". Providing . Spennymoor, United Kingdom (1913-1945). Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Tracer G Mk 2,G Mk 3, G Mk 4, G Mk 5 and G Mk 6. 1992 Jubilee Park wins Best Park in Town Award in Northumbria in Bloom Competition. 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. Lost in the Blackout. Production of ammunition ceased in 1944. BLANCH J Blanch & Sons of Fenchurch St, London, UNITED KINGDOM. We were shown how the airmen assembled our bullets and taken to try the Frainer Bomber (named the Lincoln Frainer). Between 1988 and 1992 the Gordon Street factory used the monogram AFF. Aycliffe filled the cases which we produced and this was very dangerous work. We were chosen because we had produced the most cases in a certain time and had been neither late or absent. These houses were, unusually, semi-detached and arranged in a chequerboard layout, very much in contrast to the dreary terraces that were then the standard. The MG monogram was changed to MF in 1949 which was used until 1962. For any other comments, please Contact Us. Call Us: 01388 815276 2002 Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee, Parade of Golden Roses, Jubilee Park. British military contracts 1914 1917, Ball, Mk 7Z (Canadian Pattern). 1984 Middlestone Moor Community Centre built. POF Pakistan Ordnance Factory, Rawalpindi, PAKISTAN. Dedication of Venerable Bede Mission Church. The huge munitions factory employed some 17,000 . 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. 1942 Both pilots killed when two Hawker Hurricane aircraft collided and crashed at Tudhoe. Known to have produced .303 cartridges 1914 1918 in: MAXIM Maxim Arms Co.,London, UNITED KINGDOM. There is, however, space for expansion and land is available on the Green Lane Industrial Estate. TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tudhoe football field created. This factory made and marked cases but filling was carried out at the Royal Ordnance Factory Swynnerton, Staffs. Beretta Group owns now the Tikka arms brand. During WW1 Eley produced in excess of 209 Million .303 Mk 7 cartridges. The Spennymoor Ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: W-W Winchester Western Division of Olin Industries, New Haven, Conn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This cartridge is interchangeable with the .303 British cartridge. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded 7.7 x 56R ball ammunition which is interchangeable with the .303 cartridges. 1930 New Tivoli cinema opened at a cost of 15,000. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. 1988 Spennymoor Cricket Club Ground purchased. 13 Oct 2022 - Notice to Royal Ordnance Pension Scheme ("The Scheme") Members. Royal Ordnance Factories were for explosives manufacture, filling of munitions and engineering. I was chosen along with 2 other girls to visit Goosepool Aerodrome (now Durham/Tees Valley International Airport), where the Canadian airmen were stationed. The Gordon Street Factory used the monogram MF2 for a short time during 1940. . Royal Ordnance Factory. This factory was built in 1916 and was administered on behalf of the Government by the Kings Norton Metal Co. Production of .303 cartridges did not start until late 1918 and the production of all ammunition finally ceased in early 1919. These rounds were extensively developed over the years and saw several Mark numbers. We had stirrup pumps to put out fires from Incendiary Bombs. 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. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory. 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). Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. 1787 Purchase of the powdermill at Waltham Abbey which was named the Royal Gunpowder Factory. Later, Binchester became one of the vills of the Earl of Northumberland who held it until 1420 when it passed to the Nevilles who finally forfeited it with other lands in 1569. The Spennymoor ammunition was filled at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Aycliffe, Durham. 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. M Nobel Explosives Ltd., Manchester, UNITED KINGDOM. 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