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October 17: Additions have been made to
the story of
William Sanders and Company (Wednesbury) Limited, Switchgear manufacturers, and
Into the 21st Century in The
History of Wednesbury. The story of the
1926 Agricultural Exhibition at
Tettenhall has been added to the
exhibitions menu and the
articles menu. The story of the
Wolverhampton Municipal School
of Art and Crafts has been added to the
articles menu and to the
museum entrance hall. The story of
Clyno motorcycles,
and DMW
motorcycles in
the motorcycle section
in the museum transport hall
has been extended, as has the story of
Clyno cars in the
cars section, also in the museum transport hall.
Additions have also been made to the following sections: the story of
Guy cars, in
the cars section in the
museum transport hall, the story of
Guy commercial
vehicles, in the commercial vehicle section in the
museum transport hall,
the story of Guy buses, in the
bus section in the
museum transport hall, the
story of the Sunbeam Motor Car Company Limited in the
cars section in the
museum transport hall, and the story of
A.J.S. motorcycles in the
motorcycles section in the museum transport hall.
September 17: The story of
Cornelius Whitehouse in
the tubes section in
Wednesbury Industries in The
History of Wednesbury has been extended. The Story of
Brotherton Tubes in
Industries Alongside the
BCN, in the museum
Other Industries Hall, has been updated. The story of
The Woodlands at Penn has been
added to the Penn menu, and the
articles menu. Additions have been
made to the following sections in the story of
Sunbeam Cars:
The French
Connection, and
Sunbeam, Talbot, and Darracq. More details of the
slum properties at Town
End Bank has been added to
The Story of Walsall.
Mechanical details of the
Bean 14 have been added to the
story of Bean cars in
the museum
transport hall. Additions have been made to the following sections in
the story of Thomas Parker
in the museum electrical
and electronic engineering hall:
Early Years, and
The Elwell-Parker steam engine.
Another article from 'The Engineer' has been added to the
Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss story
in Industries Alongside the
BCN. The story of Charles
Richards & Sons in the
Industries Section of
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been extended. A new addition to the
vehicle rallies section
is a report on the
2017 Turner
Wolverhampton Reunion at Bantock Park.
August 17: A new addition to the story
of Sunbeam cars in the
museum transport hall is a
section on the
mechanics from the Experimental Department. The story of the
Owen Organisation in the
Industries section of
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been greatly extended with many new sections and additions to existing
sections: The Early Years,
Expansion,
Easiclene,
The Later Years,
Sons of Rest,
Subsidiaries,
C and L Hill,
Bentley Hall Brick Company,
Chains Limited,
Nuts & Bolts (Darlaston) Limited,
Brooke Tool Manufacturing Company,
A. G. Sutherland Limited,
Salopian Engineers Limited,
Motor Panels (Coventry) Limited,
Rubery, Owen & Company Limited,
Wrexham, Rogers & Jackson
Limited, Electro-Hydraulics
Limited, Rubery Owen
(Warrington) Limited, Camelinat
& Company Limited, Birmingham. A section containing images of pages
from John Waine & Sons'
catalogues has been added to the
John Waine & Sons section in the Gazetter of Lock and
Keymakers. Images have also been added to the
Lowe & Fletcher section,
the section about
Heenan, Beddow and Sturmey Limited, and the
Yale section.
July 17: Additions have been made to the
Elwell-Parker Limited
section, in
the story of Thomas Parker,
and the History of Joseph
Evans and Sons. A new addition to the
articles menu is the story of the Wolverhampton
1884 Fine Art and Industrial
Exhibition. James
Allen bicycles have been added to the
bicycles menu in the
museum transport hall. An
exhibition section has been added to
History in the Community.
Details of an
Australian trial of a Guy gas producer have been added to the
story of Guy
Motors in the museum
transport hall, along with Guy photos in
The Early
Inter-War Years,
World War 2, and
Images of Guy
Vehicles. The story of
Guy Motors passenger
vehicles has been extended with the addition of an article about the
OND chassis, which has been added to
The Late 1920s.
A new addition to the story of
Guy cars is a contemporary
article from an Australian magazine. The story of
Henry Meadows
Limited in the
museum engineering hall has been extended, and an article about the
Meadows 1,795 cc.
engine has been added to the Meadows section. A photo of Lea Road
Congregational Church has been added to the 'People
of Bantock House', and the story of
Clyno motorcycles in
the museum transport hall
has been extended.
June 17: A new section has been added to
the Local Personalities and
Prominent Families section of
Willenhall Through the Ages.
It is the Willenhall entry in
Harrison, Harrod & Company's 1861 Staffordshire Directory. An
advert for Thomas Cooper,
Junior has been added to the Gazetter of Lock and
Keymakers. Additions have been made to the story of
The Old Steam Mill
in Wolverhampton.
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been extended with additions to
Into the Twentieth
Century the story of
Charles Richards & Sons Limited in the
Industries section, and Recent Times.
A new section showing lost
buildings has been added. The
Darlaston section in
Harrison, Harrod & Company's Staffordshire Directory has been added to
Years of Growth. Additions have been made to the story of
Star cars in
World War One, in the museum
transport hall, and to the history of the
Patent Shaft and Axletree
Company, in the industries
section of The
History of Wednesbury. Photos of old Willenhall have been added to
The Development of
Local Government, and
Into the 20th Century in
Willenhall Through the Ages.
May 17: The industries section in
The Story of Walsall has been
extended with a section on
Eyland & Sons. Further additions have been made to the Gazetter of Lock and
Keymakers: John Badger &
Cookson & Company, J. E.
Bates & Sons Limited, the
Chatwood Safe Company, and Colledge & Bridgen Limited,
Bramah, W. Beard & Son,
H. & T. Vaughan,
Hobbs, Hart & Company,
Yale, and
W. & R. Leggott. Photos
have been added to the story of
Snow Hill Congregational Church
in the History of Penn U.R.C.
Additions have been made to the story of
Bean Lorries,
A.J.S. cars, and
Guy Motors in the
museum transport hall. The additions to Guy Motors are in the following
sections:
The Guy 'ON'
from Australia,
Guy adverts,
The Inter-War
Years,
The Late 1920s,
The Guy 6-wheeled
chassis, and The Post
War Years. Additions have also been made to the story of
The Patent Shaft & Axletree
Company, and the story of
Sanders
Switchgear in the Industries
Section in The
History of Wednesbury. The story of a
racing tragedy,
and the death of
Tom Barrett in the
history of Sunbeam cars in the museum
transport hall has been extended.
April 17: A new addition to the
articles menu, and to the
listed buildings section is the
story of Beckminster House and
the Sparrow family. The story of
Radio Wulfrun, New Cross Hospital's radio station, has been added to the
Health Services menu
in the health section of the
Services Hall in
the Exhibition. The
story of Union engines has been greatly extended in the
Josiah Parkes section in
the Gazetter of Lock and
Keymakers. A larger photograph of the interior of St. Jude's Church has
been added to the St. Jude's Church page
in the listed buildings section. A section
about Albert Peters, Darlaston's artist sign writer, has been added to the
World War 2 section in
A Brief History of Darlaston,
and the section on industries
has been extended, as has the story of
Darlaston's windmill,
and The Inter-War Years
with a section about the
local councillors who had streets named after them.
Photos of assembly work in 1938 have been added to the
story of E.C.C. in
the museum electrical
engineering hall. A copy of the
Star 18/50 manual
has been added to the
Star Cars
section in the museum
transport hall.
March 17: Further additions have been
made to the Gazetteer of Lock
and Key Makers in the museum
locks and safes hall:
Chubb, Legge,
Bates,
Cyrus Price,
Thomas Skidmore, and
Gibbons.
Additions have also been made to the
story of Butler's Brewery,
Billinghams, the car dealer,
Fullwood tyres,
Steens printers in
the printers section
in the museum printing hall,
the Wearwell story in
the bicycle section
in the museum
transport hall, and the
industries section in Willenhall
Through the Ages. The section on old shops in the
exhibition shopping
arcade has been extended. A menu
has been added along with a page on
recent shop closures. A new
addition to
A Brief History of Darlaston
in the
industries section, is a
section on John Golcher Limited
of King's Hill. Additions have been made to
Into the Twentieth
Century, and World War One
survivors. Photographs of the factory interior have been added
to the story of Joseph
Evans & Sons in the
museum engineering hall.
Interior views of
the E.C.C. factory in 1902 have been added to the
story of E.C.C. in
the museum electrical
engineering hall. The story of
horse racing at Broad Meadows
in Horse Racing at
Wolverhampton has been extended.
February 17: The
Thomas Parker story has
been extended with additions to the section on the
Liverpool Overhead Railway,
the section about the
South Staffs Tramway, and the section about
The Oxford System of electricity
distribution. The section about the
electrification of the
South Staffs tramway in
A Public Transport
Revolution has been extended, as has the story of
Darlaston trams, and
nail and clock making in
A Brief History of Darlaston.
The story of the ECC
has been extended with details of the
Elwell-Parker system
for electricity distribution. The section on
ploughing machines
in the story of
John Smith of Coven, in the
museum transport hall has been extended. The
industry section in
Wednesbury in the 1950s and
1960s has also been extended, and the
Rollings family history
section, in the family histories
section, has been
brought up-to-date. The story of
John Lea and Taylor's music
shop has been added to the
late 19th century
section of
The Story of Walsall, along
with additions to the section on
Walsall Power Station.
Additions have been made to the story of
St. Catherine's Convalescent
Home in the Health
section.
January 17: Some early adverts have been
added to the story of Rubery Owen
in
A Brief History of Darlaston,
along with a section on
Education. The World War One
Casualties section, the story of
New Roads,
Darlaston's trams, the
sections on GKN,
Pubs,
Close of the Century,
Into the Twentieth
Century, Industries, Charles Richards,
John Golchers, and
Notable People have all been extended. The story of
Joseph Evans and Sons
in the museum
Engineering hall has also been extended, as has the story of
Wolverhampton's Wholesale Market in the
Lost Buildings section, and the section on
the Staffordshire Tramways
Company in A Public
Transport Revolution. Additions to The
History of Wednesbury have been made in the following sections: the story of
early industries,
religion,
tube making,
transport,
growth,
Local Government,
The story of the Patent
Shaft & Axletree Company, the story of
F. H. Lloyd & Company Limited,
Electrical
Equipment Manufacturers, and
some shops and businesses in
the early 20th century. The story of
Bean cars in the
museum transport hall has
been extended. The story of the Midland Aero
Club's meetings at Dunstall Park Racecourse has been extended.
December 16:
A walk along old
Bilston Street in Old Photographs and
Images of Old Wolverhampton has been greatly extended. A new entry in
the Old Photographs and
Images of Old Wolverhampton menu is
scenes of Wolverhampton in the
1970s. Additions have been made to
Notable People,
Close of the Century,
Industries,
Churches,
Schools, and
GKN in
A Brief History of Darlaston,
and additions have also been made to the
Frisky section in the museum
transport hall. The story of the
British Electric Traction
Company is a new addition to
A Public Transport
Revolution. Photos of The Woodhouse have been added to the
Edwin Butler Bayliss section
in the exhibition
art gallery, and a photo of a
James Butler lock has
been added to the Gazetter of Lock and
Keymakers. Additions have also been made to the story of
Edwin Richards & Sons
in the industry section in The
History of Wednesbury. The story of
The White House in Lower Green,
Tettenhall has been added to the
Tettenhall menu and the listed buildings
menu. A history of some
houses in Lower Street, also in the Tettenhall menu, has been extended.
Additions have been made to the story of A.B.C. Coupler Limited
in the museum transport
hall.
November 16: The story of the 1902 Wolverhampton
Art and Industrial Exhibition has been added to the
articles menu and the
museum entrance hall. The story of
Josiah Parkes in
the Gazetter of Lock and
Keymakers has been greatly extended, and a new section, telling the
story of Bradley & Foster,
has been added to
Iron and Steel Making
in
A Brief History of Darlaston,
as has more information on John and George Addenbrooke. The
History of Wednesbury has been extended, with additions to the following
sections: Industry,
Tube Making,
Education,
Local Government,
and also to the industries
section in Willenhall
Through the Ages. The story of
Penn Village in the 20th
century in the Penn Menu has
been greatly extended with some new photos, and additions have been made to
the story of the farms and fields
of Upper Penn. Several photos have been added to the story of the
Zeppelin air raid in
January, 1916. A new addition to the
articles menu, and
the exhibition is
the first part of Some
Wolverhampton Shops in the late Nineteenth Century. Additions have also
been made to
Wolf and
Shacklock
motorcycles.
October 16: Additions have been made to
Into the Twentieth
Century, and the
21st Century Rebuild in
the Recent Times section
of A Brief History of Darlaston.
Additions have also been made to
Into the Twentieth Century
in Willenhall
Through the Ages. The story of
Wolverhampton
Corporation's electrically powered trams has been added to
A Public Transport
Revolution. Additions have also been made to the story of
Turner cars in the museum
transport hall. The story of
Crabtree Limited in the
late 1940s, and product details from
Kirkpatrick's 1925 catalogue have been added to the
Industry section in
The Story of Walsall. Further
additions have been made to the story of
The Liverpool Overhead
Railway in the
Thomas Parker section,
the Products page
in the story of Electric
Construction Company, the
products page in the
history of the Turner
Manufacturing Company Limited, in the
museum Engineering Hall,
and the story of Bayliss, Jones
and Bayliss in Industries
Alongside the BCN, in the museum
Other Trades Hall.
Additions have been made to the following parts of the
bicycle section in
the museum transport hall:
Joseph Devey, and
Cogent / Wearwell. The
story of Josiah Parkes in
the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key
Makers in the museum has been extended.
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