Penny Rate Product 23,000. 33/4m Bessemer Park Estate completed. We were also allowed inside a Halifax Bomber and according to a map we flew all over Darlington and Durham. 1935 Tudhoe Colliery closes. 1763 The Greenwich magazine was moved to Purfleet. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball Mk 7 cartridges during the period 1914 1918. 1995 H.M. Queen Elizabeth II visited the Thorn Lighting factory at Spennymoor. 10. It began production of .303 Ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. In 1874 the then Local Government Board had reported: It initially had a small boxer type primer and was officially designated Cartridge, S.A., Ball, Magazine Rifle, Mark 1.C. Explosive bullets were not produced in the UK after about 1933 due to the relatively small amount of explosive that could be contained in the bullet limiting their effectiveness, their role being successfully fulfilled by the use of Mark 6 and 7 incendiary bullets which were also of a less complicated construction. 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. On British military contracts 1940-45 180 & 215 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. They had a filling factory at Abbey Wood and later during the 1939-45 war a filling factory at Farnham. 1912 Durham Road Higher Elementary School opened. It became G. Kynoch & Co Ltd in 1884 and by then was manufacturing metallic ammunition. Manufactured .303 cartridges from 1915 1918 in: Incendiary Buckingham (VII.B), B Mk 1, B Mk 2Z, SAAF Small Arms Factory Footscray, AUSTRALIA. CAC Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, NEW ZEALAND. The USA should therefore, along with Australia, India and the United Kingdom, be considered as one of the major producers of both .303 rifles and ammunition. This cartridge is interchangeable with the .303 British cartridge. The plaque was unveiled on the former Royal Ordnance Factory building, now an activity centre, by 100-year-old angel Muriel Scott. Known to have produced 7.7 x 56R ball cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge. In addition there was a filling area not far away in the vicinity of Abbey Wood. 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the many hundreds of guns produced during his administration, which were at least 50% more powerful than the guns they superseded, not a single failure or accident of any kind occurred. FNT Fabrica Nacional de Espana, Palencia, SPAIN. 1855 Foundation stone laid at St Pauls Church. Dunkirk survivors housed in halls and schools. The monogram MF1 was used for a short time in 1940 when the Gordon Street Factory commenced production. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. 1899 Control of the factories was returned to the Ordnance Department. 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. Believed to have manufactured .303 ammunition as early as 1898 until 1918. In 1923 only four houses were built and there was still massive overcrowding in back to back properties. 1985 Largest European manufacturer of ammunition, 1986 Royal Ordnance was bought by British Aerospace (BAe). Tudhoe and Spennymoor Local History Society founded. 1996 Tony Blair, M.P., opens the new Page Bankroad bridge. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose filled .303 cartridges in: 174 gr Full jacket boat tail bulleted ammunition, 150 and 174 gr jacketed soft point sporting ammunition. This company was already in existence but unconnected with ammunition manufacture when the 1939 1945 war broke out. 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). Solid Case, .303inch. Johnson, who made a fortune out of it. Skip to main content Hansard UK Parliament Hansard High Street, R..W Rudge Whitworth Ltd., Tyseley, UNITED KINGDOM. Proof, Cordite Mk 1, Mk 2, Mk 3, Q Mk 3, Q Mk 4 and Q Mk 5, Tracer SPG(VII.G) Mk 1 and SPG(VII.G) Mk1Z, Tracer G Mk 1, G Mk 1 Special, G Mk 2, G Mk 3 and G Mk 4, Experimental steel anti fouling bulleted rounds, Experimental Armour Piercing Tracer (1917-18), Experimental Explosive, RTS and RTT Cartridges, Experimental Grenade Launching Cartridges. Cordite consisted of 58% Nitro-glycerine, 37% Nitro-cellulose and 5% Mineral Jelly and was normally pressed into cord form but tubular, tape, flaked and sliced cordite were also used. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-45 war emergency plans and produced its first complete .303 rounds in October 1940. 1853 Tudhoe Ironworks established. Known to have produced .303 cartridges in: MJB Incendiary Annexe to MJ Hendon, AUSTRALIA. 1942 1942 1943 1944 Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland Tikkakoski was the first private arms manufacturer in Finland. The cases were made by BSA for Maxim machine guns in the 1890s. Population 16,369. Since the introduction of the .303 cartridge in 1889 it has been manufactured in at least 20 countries and in nearly 200 military variants as well as in numerous experimental and sporting cartridge configurations. 1972 Cambridge Theatre/Cinema destroyed by fire. Tudhoe football field created. 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. Some military training seems to have been given, doubtless with a view to the then unsettled state of the country due to the growing tension between Parliament and the King. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges. T = Tikkakoski Arsenal - Finland. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of The Rise of Industry Spennymoor United AFC founded. 1868 Spennymoor Steeplechase Meeting at the Four Lane Ends attracted 8,000 spectators. CHINA is known to have produced some 7.7mm rimmed ammunition for use in captured Japanese machine guns from 1945 onwards. Known to have produced .303 ball cartridges c 1937, SFM Societe Francaise des Munitions, Issy les Moulineaux, FRANCE. .303 cartridges known to have been produced with the Blackpole headstamped cases from 1941 to 1945 are: Ball, Cordite Mk 7 Cartridge Rifle Grenade, Ballistite H Mk 1Z Dummy, U Mk 5 Incendiary, B Mk 6Z and B Mk 7Z Tracer, G Mks 2, 3 and 4 Former Essoldo/Tivoli cinema building destroyed by fire. Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England. 1973 Spennymoor Town Council created a Successor Council. World War II had diverse effects upon the town. This company was formed in 1890 at Kings Norton, it owned its own rolling mills and had a loading plant at Abbey wood in Kent. TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. Although coal-mining continued and the ironworks and engineering businesses were also providing employment, the start of the 20th century saw the start, too, of a long period of depression. It was really pitiful, these lads had had a terrible time. The Captain without thinking shouted 'shoot the bugger' and this is what the lads did and were in serious trouble. 1949 Bungalows built at Middlestone Moor. BE or BE Royal Ordnance Factory, Blackpole, Worcester, UNITED KINGDOM. The only portion of the common that was left was a small plot reserved for the use of a spring of water. Grace's Guide To British Industrial History, https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/index.php?title=Royal_Ordnance&oldid=1277361, Creative When U used with a diamond this indicates manufacture in a subsidiary factory at Kimberley. WCC Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. My sister lived in Billingham which was badly bombed, the sky was full of barrage balloons to protect the ICI factory. Identification Manuals Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the .303 British Service Cartridge by B.A. 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 ). 1931 Pilgrim Trust founds the Settlement. Royal Ordnance, including the Royal Ordnance Factories, makers of guns, ammunition and explosives. When we arrived at Goosepool Mr Hosie was not allowed to enter the airport as it was strictly guarded. The following sections attempt to identify the manufacturers of the .303 cartridge and whilst it is acknowledged that this may not a complete listing I hope it will give some insight into this historically important cartridge. . The one good road was maintained by tolls collected at turnpike gates. ROF Queniborough; Filling Factory No. It is known to have produced .303 cartridges in: Ball, Cordite Mk 2, Mk 2 Special, Mk 6 and Mk 7. 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. A National School was built and opened in 1841; St.Pauls Church was built at Spennymoor in 1858 and all through these formative years the Non-conformist churches combined welfare work with prayer. Production of the .303 cartridge commenced in 1940 and the last known production of this cartridge was in 1973 with Mk 7Z Ball and Dummy Drill cartridges. The company was formed in the early 1890s having acquired the Holford Works of the National Arms and Ammunition Company and was in existence for only a short time. Archive List > United Kingdom > Wearside and County Durham, Submitted by Christine Rome at Spennymoor Library on behalf of Elizabeth Hodgson (ne Monaghan). MJ Small Arms Ammunition Factory No 4, Hendon, AUSTRALIA. ROF Fazakerley was a Royal Ordnance Factory rifle manufacturing plant in Fazakerley, Liverpool, which manufactured small arms such as the Sten and Sterling [1] [2] [3] submachine guns and Lee-Enfield rifle during and after World War II . Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: AE Arsenal do Ejercito, Lisbon, PORTUGAL. Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield Factory No 2. Used code U from 1939 1961 and SAM thereafter. This is an insight into the Aycliffe Royal Ordnance Factory, ROF 59, (1941-1945) and the 'Aycliffe Angels'. Electric lighting for Spennymoor. TW = Twin Cities Ordnance Plant - Minneapolis, Minnesota. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. This factory was set up as part of the 1939-1945 war emergency expansion plan. PMP Pretoria Metal Pressings (Pty) Ltd., Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA. In addition to colour coding, British and Commonwealth .303 ammunition had a letter code pre 1955 to denote the type of bullet as well as the type of propellant charge. 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. Town wins award in Britain in Bloom Competition. B,J,M or N Birmingham Metal and Munitions Co Ltd., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. Slightly before that, in the 1860s, a rather advanced area of working-class housing had been erected at Tudhoe Grange built by Marmaduke Salvin to house local workers. 1966 Bus Station and Parkwood Precinct opened. 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. Woolwich Arsenal, of which the Royal Laboratory was only a part, is situated in South East London on the River Thames. This factory was part of the 1939-45 war emergency expansion plan. 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 . Known to have manufactured nitro-cellulose loaded .303 Ball, Mk 7 cartridges. Known to have produced nitro-cellulose loaded .303 cartridges in: K or KYNOCH Kynoch & Co, Witton, Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. The USA had also produced the .303 Pattern 1914, also known as the Rifle No 3 Mk 1 or 1*, for the British Government during the First World War. 1904 Tudhoe Rugby Club defunct. A or AI Artillerie Inrichtingen, Hembrug, NETHERLANDS. Although schemes were inaugurated to relieve the gloom nothing could make up for the lack of steady employment. The Arsenal dates from 1670 and has manufactured many different items of warlike stores for the armed forces. Royal Ordnance Factory. Known to have produced .303 cartridges during the period 1940 1944 in: C-P Crompton Parkinson Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UNITED KINGDOM. This web publication contains 152,494 pages of Everyman Theatre opens. Ammunition was made at Woolwich long before the adoption of the .303 cartridge in 1889. Penny Rate Product 239. Martha Liddle, J.P., was the first person from Spennymoor to be awarded the M.B.E. When operational, the Bishopton site was the Royal Ordnance's primary manufacturer of propellants for gun and rocket systems and around 75% of the . It began production of .303 ammunition in 1941 initially with the headstamp code of two arrows replacing these in 1942 with the code SR. Early site history and production [ edit] First World War [ edit] Lost in the Blackout. They had a goat mascot named Monty who ate the vegetables which the lads were growing, "Dig For Victory". ROF Aycliffe; ROF 59 (Filling Factory No. In 1918 this factory had the capacity to produce about 5.4 million rounds per month. Gateshead refugees arrived in Spennymoor. More workers came from Wales and Lancashire with the opening of the mine at Page Bank (ten lives were lost in a pit fire here in 1858), and with the sinking of a new pit at Tudhoe in the 1880s. Neither Britons nor Romans cultivated the moor, but on the site of Binchester, a village five miles to the south-west, the Romans built a camp around which grew up the settlement of Vinovium. Used on military .303 (7.7 x 56R) cartridges supplied to Egypt in the period 1948 1954. 1940 German H.E. Modern Spennymoor was built on mining and has its origins with the sinking of the Wittered pit in 1839. ROF Spennymoor; SAA Factory No. Royal Arsenal Factory No 1. KN Kings Norton Metal Co., Birmingham, UNITED KINGDOM. http://www.durhamatwar.org.uk/material/569/, 1837 Spennymoors firstRailway Station built, 1839 Shaft sunk at Whitworth Park Colliery, 1841- Spennymoor National School (Dysons) opened. Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Maintained by Sapere Software. 1951 Population 19,740. On explosive anti Zeplin cartridges. 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. A nursery school was opened in the park to look after children while mothers did war work. In the next few years only between one and four houses were built in any year and in 1929 the housing situation was still reported as acute which, from the recorded facts, seems self-evident. This mark of bullet remained the standard ball round for the remainder of the .303 cartridges service life. There was a glazeboard wad on top of the charge to protect the base of the bullet. In 1935 the .303 O Mark 1 Observing round was introduced for use in machine guns. 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. 8 ROF Birtley. 1909 Pavilion Roller Skating Rink (The Rink) built in Clarence Street. 2005 BAe Land Systems Munitions and Ordnance employs about 1650 people at sites including the former RO sites at Birtley, Bishopton, Bridgwater, Chorley, Glascoed, Radway Green and Shrivenham. Spennymoor is known to have produced .303 cartridges such as Ball Mk 7 and 8Z, Blank L Mk 5, Incendiary B Mk 6, B Mk 6Z, B . FC Federal Cartridge Co, Anoka, Minn., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 1987 Town wins National Allotment Society Waterlow Trophy. This is a list of Royal Ordnance Factories. 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. This distinction was abandoned in May 1920 and thereafter all ball rounds had the purple annulus. Spennymoor Health Centre opened. 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. 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