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Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910

Posted by Ronnie <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=Ronnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 17/4/2026, 20:36:28
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Re: Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910

Posted by Norma <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=Norma' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 18/4/2026, 7:49:01, in reply to "Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910"

wonder what happened to the childrens gas mask,i as a 4 year old was more araid of the mask than of the danger of gas,

Re: Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910

Posted by Bob Ball <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=Bob+Ball' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 18/4/2026, 6:16:29, in reply to "Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910"

Come forward to 1941 when it was well alight, my dad took me up from the shop cellar to see the fire, I was just a bit not well. I think it was just a day or so before he was killed in Seaforth as a warden.my view was from near Church Rd corner. Cheers.

Re: Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910

Posted by Ronnie <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=Ronnie' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 20/4/2026, 9:16:06, in reply to "Re: Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910"
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Re: Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910

Posted by Norma <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=Norma' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 18/4/2026, 16:04:01, in reply to "Re: Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910"

sorry you lost your dad,my dad ended up in north africa didnt see him for years but at least he came home in 1947,

Re: Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910

Posted by Norma <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/litherland-ford/info/user=Norma' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on 17/4/2026, 22:34:52, in reply to "Bryant & May Match Factory Explosion 1910"

Little wood mail order in crosby was used during the war to make weapons a neighbour who lived in parr street work there,her hand were miss shaped,from the work done Vi Blundell,

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