High Explosive: Bootle’s Cunard Shell Works During the First World War
The Shell Works in Bootle fulfilled part of a complex process, with most of the production done by the factory’s female workforce.
The Shell Works in Bootle fulfilled part of a complex process, with most of the production done by the factory’s female workforce.
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