Tag Archives: Library Assistant

30 years ago ..

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Andre Burbidge

I finished washing up my side plate, spoon and cereal bowl and replaced them carefully in “my” cupboard in the shared kitchen. I went down the corridor to my bedsit room, the front downstairs room, shielded from the street by … Continue reading →

100th Anniversary of the Silvertown Explosion

Posted on January 19, 2017 by

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Silvetown Explosion, where, on the evening of January 19th 1917, 50 tonnes of trinitrotoluene exploded after efforts to extinguish a fire in one of the factory melt pots failed. The explosion killed 73 people, … Continue reading →