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BBC Radio 4
7 June 1917 - Isabel Graham
12 minutes Posted Jun 7, 2017 at 11:15 am.
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On this day in 1917, in the early hours of the morning, people as far away as Dublin were woken by the detonation of Messines Ridge, the biggest man-made explosion in history. In Folkestone, it's deafening.

Singers ..... Nancy Cole, Ksynia Loeffler, Stephen Jeffes, Tom Raskin, Charles Gibbs

Organ - David Smith

Written by Katie Hims

Singers conducted by Sam Evans
Sound: Martha Littlehailes
Directed by Jessica Dromgoole.