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    smokes. In the United Kingdom, during both world wars of the 20th century, the majority of the employees were women. In World War I, a filling factory belonging...
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  • a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. Filling Factories in the United Kingdom Cocroft, Wayne D., (2000). Dangerous Energy: The archaeology of gunpowder...
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    and one other person have died due to exploding parts. Filling factories in the United Kingdom Munitions Manufacturing: A Call for Modernization. Washington...
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    The National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell, was a World War I United Kingdom Government-owned explosives filling factory. Its formal title was National...
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    Ordnance Factories (ROFs) were munitions factories run by the UK government during and after the Second World War. The three main types of factories were...
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    that died in the First World War Filling factories in the United Kingdom "Exhibition pays tribute to Leeds's women of the First World War". Leeds.gov.uk...
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    Establishments Filling factories in the United Kingdom List of Air Ministry specifications Minister of Supply Royal Ordnance Factory List of Royal Ordnance...
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  • ROF Thorp Arch (category Filling factories)
    prisons in the United Kingdom List of Royal Ordnance Factories Filling Factories in the United Kingdom Kohan 1952, p. 505. Cocroft 2000, p. 215. Christensen...
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    believed that the Ministry of Munitions owned up to 12 filling factories; Georgetown was known as NFF.4. In May 1915, David Lloyd George, who was the Minister...
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    Shell Crisis of 1915 (category Political scandals in the United Kingdom)
    of Newham, in Greater London) killing 73 and injuring 400 on Friday, 19 January 1917 at 6.52 pm. Filling factories in the United Kingdom Munitionettes...
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    Jammie Dodgers (category Food and drink introduced in 1960)
    flavoured jam filling. Bought by Burton Biscuit works in 1960, they are currently produced by Burton's Biscuit Company at its factory in Llantarnam. In 2009,...
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    Cadbury Creme Egg (category The Hershey Company brands)
    filling that resembles fondant. The filling mimics the albumen and yolk of a soft boiled egg. The confectionery is produced by Cadbury in the United Kingdom...
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    Since the 17th century, the United Kingdom has been one of the world's largest tea consumers, with an average annual per capita supply of 1.9 kilograms...
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  • ROF Glascoed (category Filling factories)
    Ordnance Factories and satellite factories. A munitions-filling factory was sited at Glascoed in a valley between Pontypool and Usk in Monmouthshire. The site...
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  • The following list of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland is a list of major disasters (excluding acts of war) which relate to the United Kingdom, Ireland...
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  • widely used by the United Kingdom in World War I. The use of poison gas was suggested by Winston Churchill and others in Mesopotamia during the interwar period...
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    Bourbon biscuit (category Products introduced in 1910)
    biscuits with a chocolate buttercream filling. The biscuit was introduced in 1910 (originally under the name "Creola") by the biscuit company Peek Freans, of...
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  • tended to be made at the Filling Factories and filled directly into munitions. A number of UK World War II explosives factories were built and owned by...
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  • ROF Risley (category Filling factories)
    ROF Risley, (Filling Factory No.6) was a large World War II Royal Ordnance Factory filling munitions, including the Grand Slam bomb, in the UK. It is located...
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    opened. Cordite produced in these factories was sent to filling factories for filling into ammunition.[citation needed] The British Government set up...
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  • Hell Energy Drink (category Commons link is the pagename)
    the International Hotel Awards. The Hell Energy factory was built in 2011 in Szikszó, Hungary. It has two can filling lines with production capacity of...
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  • Events from the year 1981 in the United Kingdom. Monarch – Elizabeth II Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) 3 January – Princess Alice,...
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    The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal...
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  • Ruddington Depot (category Filling factories)
    was a Royal Ordnance Factory filling and storage facility, commissioned in 1940 and built during World War II by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence...
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    managed the construction of, many of the new Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) and the ROF Filling Factories. Much of the Royal Arsenal's former ordnance production...
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    J. Lyons and Co. (category Filling factories)
    Lyons purchased the Bee Bee Biscuit Company, which manufactured biscuits from its factories in Blackpool. Six years later, Lyons changed the company's name...
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    The military history of the United Kingdom in World War II covers the Second World War against the Axis powers, starting on 3 September 1939 with the...
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    This discussion of the dental amalgam controversy outlines the debate over whether dental amalgam (the mercury alloy in dental fillings) should be used....
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  • by law enforcement officers in the United Kingdom documents cases of people who died directly or indirectly because of the actions of British law enforcement...
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  • List of unsolved murders in the United Kingdom David Smith, convicted killer suspected of being responsible for unsolved murders Doughty, Sophie (1 January...
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