01 February 2007:
The explosive factory was built by the Nobel company during WW1 (possibly earlier), in the 1920s it became ICI Nobel and continued to make cordite until the end of WW2. It was closed because although the output was great, the machinery was outdated and the factory possibly dangerous. - Christopher Newman
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