"IN 1916, 35 women lost their lives in an explosion at a shell factory in Leeds. The disaster at the Barnbow factory, near Cross Gates in Leeds, happened on December 5, 1916, during the First World War. Members of the East Leeds History and Archaeology Society are now planning to renovate a memorial to the victims. Chairman Bob Lawrence said: “I think it’s important to keep this in the public eye. If girls and women in particular hadn’t done what they did in the factories, we would have lost the war." Renovation plan for memorial to wartime factory workers - Local stories - Yorkshire Post
