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Radio London,4 mins

Slade Green disaster victims remembered 100 years on

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A memorial service to commemorate 13 people who died in an explosion at a munitions factory has taken place 100 years on from the disaster. Twelve young women and a man were killed when fire ripped through their hut on marshes near Slade Green, south-east London, on 18 February 1924. Relatives of most of the victims attended the service along with other dignitaries. Âé¶¹Éç Radio London's Amy Fitzgibbon reports.

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