Ross Civic Society Talk: Angela Williams will talk about the The Rotherwas Canary Girls. The Rotherwas Royal Ordnance Factory opened in 1916 as a munitions filling factory and became one of the largest explosive filling sites in the UK. It covered more than 300 acres and comprised more than 370 buildings. Employing mainly women, the so-called “munitionettes”, whose skin and hair turned yellow from contact with TNT chemicals and who later became known as The Canary Girls. For more information, visit their website.
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