Picture shows the King watching some of the women workers in the factory sorting ammunition. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. The example at Steeton falls into the latter category, and was part of the defences around the Royal Ordnance Factory. WebTypes of Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) 1. BritishListedBuildings.co.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. The Royal Ordnance Factory at Steeton Dump was built from scratch in late 1940 and began production in early 1941. contact the editor here. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. public. Find out about listed buildings and other protected sites, and search the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). But, above all, it was having the direct experience of being part of an organisation comprising people drawn together by wartime circumstances, collaborating and making ROF Steeton the vital producer it became of 20 mm shells for the war effort. This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Click to enlarge. WebPopularly known as The Dump, the Royal Ordnance Factory had started production earlier that year. June 1920 In the Second World War it produced light gun ammunition, medium gun ammunition, heavy ammunition, land mines and trench mortar ammunition for the Army; medium and large bombs for the RAF; and, 20mm and other small arms ammunition for all three services. Royal Small Arms Factory Factory No 2. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Our temporary home was a former rectory in Alsager, about 20 minutes walk from the plant. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. The two-storey pillbox and two fire posts at Steeton, Keighley, are recommended for designation at Grade II for the following principal reasons: Construction work on Thorp Arch began on 18 May 1940 and the completion date was scheduled for the end of July 1941. 2. The starting salary was 150 p.a. EXTERIOR: The fire posts, also known as police or guard posts, are low square buildings with brick walls 13.5 " (34.29cm) thick and flat concrete roofs. Soon after arriving, volunteers were invited to join the Home Guard and to be trained. Then followed training in the arming and preparing hand grenades, and actually throwing live ones on a range under the supervision of experienced men. Statistics were released after the factory's closure stating that it had produced 204 million munition components, including 63 million shells and 120 million 20mm cases. The extractor ring was formed and the shell trimmed to length. There is a limited amount of modern graffiti. HP10 9TY. All government data published here Defences of WWII (1996), 157-67. Most of the operatives were from local towns. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. We are also researching conscientious objectors from the area. WebRoyal Ordnance L30. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Having been granted deferment by the Joint Recruiting Board I was interviewed again after graduating and with one of my fellow students, S. C. Mitchell, we were directed to the recently opened Royal Ordnance Factory Number 22 at Steeton, not far from Keighley, Yorkshire. There is a third pillbox which I have yet to find (used in the 1979 film 'Yanks'), rain and fading light having thwarted me on this trip. * Intactness: the pillbox and two fire posts are unaltered and complete For me the Home Guard experience was an excellent one. #ww2 #pillbox #steeton #royalordnancefactory #incongruous #yorkshire #steetonpillbox #pillbox, A post shared by John | Exploration and history (@merrytrek) on Jun 23, 2019 at 2:48pm PDT, Royal Ordnance Factory Pillboxes at Steeton. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. All site content is copyright to The Men of Worth Project Community Interest Company from 2007 to the present day, unless otherwise indicated. May include summary, reasons for designation and history. There are no openings on the ground floor other than the entrance. The woman fourth from the left at the front appears to have been squashed in at the last moment, and a girl perched at the top left is leaning forward because she thinks she may be off the edge of the picture. For any other issue or if you need help, please email: Our website works best with the latest version of the browsers below, unfortunately your browser is not supported. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. There was a 1,000-seater canteen which merited an ENSA concert every fortnight, plus home-grown entertainment in-between, and which was supported by a farm keeping up to 30 pigs at a time. And so we started and slowly succeeded in increasing the number of high quality tools being produced. SOURCES A pillbox and two fire posts, sited in a field to the south of a former Royal Ordnance Factory, the fire posts in the south-west (fire post 2) and south-east (fire post 1) corners of the field and the pillbox nearer to the factory to the east. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Music While You Work was broadcast twice a day in the production shops and was very popular. Pillboxes were designed to house artillery or more rarely machine guns, and twelve basic designs were approved by the War Office, though in practice these were often varied according to local considerations. I was responsible for ensuring that the metal was free from inclusions which could cause failure during manufacture or use. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can The first floor internal walls are daubed with paint and there is some graffiti, none of original date. I still have the case I made for my 10 in. One of only four known four type 24 two story pillboxes apparently! Accommodation became available in early 1942 in the workers hostel known as Howden Hall. (Off) This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. [1] The site was divided into a number of separate Filling Groups which occupied different areas of the site and were devoted to filling specific type of ammunition. All site content is copyright to The Men of Worth Project Community Interest Company from 2007 to the present day, unless otherwise indicated. There was a handicraft room with facilities for doing leatherwork under the direction of a lady named Miss Crawley. Heritage Apprentices in a training session on the Researching The Historic Environment module and training in Architectural Photography. ROF Steeton was an outstation of Woolwich Arsenal and, together with Radway Green in Cheshire, was devoted to the production of 20 mm and .5 in., calibre brass cartridge cases and projectiles. Bit of an update on the work so far and plans for the future. It appears that this patent is exclusive to the Russian Federation, with exporting to Belarus and K-stan and importing from Germany being allowed. W F Cutler bought Vol. We have since expanded our research to include everyone from Keighley and the Worth Valley who served in wartime and are currently focussing on women in the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment who were mostly nurses. Others were built to defend important installations such as airfields or munitions factories. There were several of these machines in use throughout the works and it was part of my responsibility to maintain the machines and check the accuracy of their readings. A great deal of the work was of a routine nature and it involved quality control on incoming materials. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. 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