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Radio 4,06 Dec 2017,11 mins

6 December 1917 - Joyce Lyle

Home Front

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On this day in 1917, French munitions ship the SS Mont-Blanc blew up in Halifax, Canada injuring 10,000 people and killing 2000 - the largest manmade explosion in history up until that point. And in Tynemouth Joyce is in a volatile frame of mind. Written by Caroline Horton Directed by Ciaran Bermingham Editor: Jessica Dromgoole.

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