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The Munitioneer

The Munitioneers
The Munitioneer
http://www.herefordshirelore.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/The-Munitioneer.mp3

Read by Shona Warnes – 5.05 mins

Annie Slade came up from the Valleys to work twelve-hour shifts as a munitioneer at the National Filling Factory in Rotherwas. Exposure to the chemicals turned her hair and skin yellow: “They called us canaries.”

Well Remembered Audio Stories

  • The Conscientious Objector
  • The Farmer
  • The Little Refugee
  • The Munitioneer
  • The Soldier
  • Twenty-Nine Days
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