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5 unusual facts about Chilwell


Chilwell Olympia

Chilwell Olympia is a sports centre in Chilwell, near Nottingham.

Godfrey Chetwynd, 8th Viscount Chetwynd

From 1915-19, he was managing director of the National Shell Filling Factory No. 6, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire, which he designed and built; for which he was a made a Companion of Honour for his services to the war effort.

Granger Archaeopteryx

The single aircraft built was flown regularly between 1930 and 1936 before being stored for 30 years at the Chilwell, Nottingham, home of one of the Granger Brothers.

Munitionettes

Explosions at British munitions factories during World War I included the 1917 Silvertown explosion, in which 73 people were killed and over 400 injured, and a 1918 explosion at the National Shell Filling Factory, Chilwell, which killed over 130 workers.

Viscount Chetwynd

His great-great-grandson, the eighth Viscount, served as managing director of the National Shell Filling Factory at Chilwell in Nottinghamshire during the First World War.


Nottingham Corporation Tramways

Both these lines were incorporated in a Bill before Parliament in 1920, the Beeston and Chilwell line being passed, and the Hucknall line being passed subject to the completion of certain road works.


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