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WW1 At Home 16 - The Chilwell Explosion & a Wartime Entertainer

World War One by BBC

Oct 2, 201414:13Society & Culture

Kate Adie reports on the Nottinghamshire munitions factory disaster. Also - the ambulance trains of Lowth & forces sweetheart, Gertie Gitana, who became a wartime music hall star.

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