D. Fairbairn

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D. Fairbairn

The Devil's Porridge Exhibition [Lecture to the Society, 18th March, 2005]

Recent, Recent (Social), Industrial Archaeology

TDGNHAS Series III, 79 (2005), 192(4.05 MB)

Abstract

Summary of a lecture delivered to the Society on 18th March 2005.
The factory constructed in Gretna to produce cordite (the Devil’s porridge) needed for the manufacture of munitions for World War I was part of a much larger site extending from Longtown t