Ashton-under-Lyne Munitions Disaster

Ashton Munitions Disaster memorial is on the corner of Stamford Street and Welbeck Street.

This sculpture was designed with conciderable help from children of St.Peter's Primary School, Ashton to remember

THE ASHTON MUNITIONS EXPLOSION

At 4.22pm on Wednesday 13 June 1917, 5 tons of TNT exploded at the

Hooley Hill Rubber and Chemicals Factory on William Street

near to Oxford street, in Ashton

A plaque is located near to the site of the disaster on William Street to commemorate where

46 people were killed and more than 400 were injured with hundreds more made homeless

Many of those killed were children on the way home from school on that fine June

Afternoon

Photographs by Chris Gleave