The Barnbow Munitions Factory Incident | Jacki Lawrence

Over the years, we have filmed quite a lot of speakers at the branch. These have been available to view on the WFA's YouTube channel, and can also be found as 'articles' on the WFA website. However these videos have not been separately grouped for those visiting the Yorkshire branch 'landing page' on the website.

By starting a process of loading these onto the branch page, this makes a number of talks that stretch back to about 2019 'visible'.

In this presentation, Jacki Lawrence talks about 'The Barnbow Munitions Factory Incident' - which was given to the branch in February 2024.

This presentation looks at the building and operation of the Number One Shell Filling Factory at Barnbow during the First World War. It explains the various accidents which occurred there one of which resulted in the death of 40 female munitions workers. It also describes the lives of some of the victims and how they were affected by the working conditions and the explosions.