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February 21: The story of
Wolverhampton School of Art and Crafts
has been extended and also added to
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic.
The section on the polytechnic in the
1980s has also been extended.
A grey iron
castings book from 1928 has been added to the story of
John Harper & Company Limited
in Willenhall Industries
and the Gazetteer of lock and
key makers. A new addition to the
articles menu and lives of local
people is The Clark Family and
Their Business. More additions have been made to the following sections in
A Brief History of Darlaston:
Twentieth Century
and Recent Times.
Into the 21st Century
in The
History of Wednesbury has been extended along with the following
sections in the industries
section, both in the
history of the Patent Shaft and Axletree Company:
Old Park Works and
Takeover. The industries section in
The Annals of Tipton has also
been extended. The
story of Clyno
motorcycles in the
motorcycles section in the
museum transport hall has been extended with an improved version of the
company's
1912 catalogue.
January 21:
A new addition to the religion
menu in the community
section is the story of St.
Patrick's Church, Westbury Street, which has also been added to the
lost buildings section. Further additions have been made
to the following sections in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic:
The National Foundry College,
the
Department of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering, the 1970s and
'C Block' . A lovely old
photo has been added to the story of
Star cars in
the museum transport hall
and several photos have been added to the story of
the Central Arcade and the
Wholesale Market in the
lost buildings section. Photos have also
been added to A Stroll
Along Old Bilston Street and
Images from the 1970s, both in Old
Photographs and Images of Wolverhampton and the Surrounding Area. Photos
have added to the following sections in
Industries Alongside the
BCN: Corn Hill
to Wednesfield Road part 2 and
Broad Street Basin
part 3. Additions have also been made to
Takeover in the story of
W. Butler & Company Limited.
More additions have been made to
Into the 20th Century
and the industries section
in Willenhall
Through the Ages.
December 20: Additions
have been made to the following sections in
A Brief History of Darlaston:
Early Historical References,
New Roads and a Canal,
St. George's Church,
Iron and Steel Making,
The Post-War Years,
Industries,
Wilkins and Mitchell,
Easiclene in
Rubery Owen & Company Limited,
Into the 20th Century
and Trams.
The story of
Charles Clarke and Shakespeare Foundry in
industries alongside the BCN
and Metalware and Hollowware
in the museum,
has been extended. The following sections in Willenhall
Through the Ages have been extended:
Into the 20th Century
and The Development of
Local Government. Additions have also been made to the story of
John Harper & Company Limited
in the Gazetteer
of Lock and Key Makers, the section on the
Department of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering, the 1970s and The 1990s in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic and the
story of Joseph Evans
and the surviving pumps.
The story of Cannon Foundry in
the industry section of
Coseley Through the Ages has
been updated and the story of
Bean cars in the museum transport hall
has been extended.
November 20:
The 1970s,
the 1980s,
the 1990s,
references and the
Old Post Office in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic in the
education menu
in the exhibition services
hall and
the articles menu, have been
extended.
A new addition to the Black Country
Towns menu is Dudley In The
Past, in the following sections:
Beginnings,
Anglo-Saxons, and
Normans. A new addition to the
People and Genealogy menu is Lily
Jones' excellent article on Genealogy
Resources. Recent
Times in Aldridge in the
Past has also been extended, as has the following sections in The
History of Wednesbury: Some shops and businesses
in the early 20th century and
Into the 21st century
where a 1961 trade directory
has been added. The
electrical
manufacturers section in
industries has also been extended. The following additions
have been made to The Story of Walsall:
Walsall Arboretum in
Recent Times,
Recent Times itself,
Walsall Manor Hospital in
Hospitals,
Into the 19th Century,
The Early Twentieth
Century, Second Half
of the 19th Century, The
Inter-War Years, Industry,
and the story of Sister Dora.
A
Bilston menu has been added to
the local areas menu.
October 20:
The history of
Penn United Reformed Church
has been extended with details of the
Temperance Hall in Temple
Street and the building of the
church school on Snow Hill.
Details of the restored
Greyhound and Punchbowl in Bilston, have been added to the story of
W. Butler & Company Limited in
the museum food hall.
The section about
the take over by Guy Motors in the
story of Star
cars has been extended and the
Star Register
has been updated. Bushbury in the 19th century
in Bushbury Parish and
People has been extended. A new addition to the
articles menu is The
Wolverhampton Saxon Cross Shaft.
The story of Tettenhall Wood
House in the articles menu and in
the Tettenhall menu has been
extended.
The
Pubs section in
The Annals of Tipton has been
extended, as has Churches and Religion,
The Growing Town, the
history of Lee Howl in the
Industries section,
Revo - Many Products - part of
the Revo section in the
Industries section, and the
Industries section itself,
Zeppelin Raids in
The Twentieth Century
section,
and
The Twentieth Century
itself. The
education section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has also been extended.
September 20:
Coseley Through the Ages has
been added to the Black Country Towns
menu. The sections are
Beginnings,
Manorial Records,
Religion and Churches,
canals,
railways,
roads,
Into the Nineteenth Century,
public houses,
Industries,
the 20th century,
recent times and
References.
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic in the
education menu
in the exhibition services
hall and
the articles menu, has
been updated and the following sections have been added:
The Early Years,
The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire
Technical College, the National
Foundry College, Day and Evening
Courses in 1947, the Technical
College in the 1950s, the
1958-59 prospectus, the 1970s,
the dept of electrical and electronic
engineering, the 1980s,
the 1990s,
references and the sections on
'C Block' and the
Old Post Office have been
extended. The
story of Wolverhampton Girls' High
School in the articles menu has
also been extended.
A new addition to The Twentieth
Century in
The Annals of Tipton is a
1961-62 Trades Directory.
The following sections in the
story of Thomas Parker in
the museum electrical
and electronic engineering hall have been updated:
Early Years and
Return to Coalbrookdale.
August 20:
The story of
Bilston clinic has been
added to the articles menu and the
local areas menu along with the
story of the early years of
Bilston College of Further Education. The story of
Arthur Lockwood and his
wonderful industrial paintings and his
paintings of the Crown Nail
Company in the
art gallery, in the
exhibition have been updated. The story of Isaiah Platt Limited has been
added to the industries
section in The
History of Wednesbury, along with the updated story of
Edwin Richards & Sons and the story of
the 1850s industrial
unrest in the mining industry, which has been extended. Additions have
been made to the story of tube
making in the industries
section in The
History of Wednesbury. The history of Samuel Platt Limited in the
industries section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has also been extended.
A new addition to the Post
War Years in
A Brief History of Darlaston
is a 1961-2 trades directory.
The section about Ocker Hill
power station in
The Annals of Tipton has been
extended.
A look at the Mander Centre
at the start of the Millennium has been added to the
Old Photos and Images of Wolverhampton menu
and the exhibition
shopping hall.
A new addition to the Penn section
in Local Areas is the story of
19th century Upper Penn.
The DMW story in the
motorcycles section in
the museum transport hall
has been extended.
July 20: A new
addition to the articles menu is
City Centre Developments in
the 1920s and 1930s. The
section on the Willen Key
Company Limited in the Gazetteer
of Lock and Key Makers has been extended, as has the section on
Richard M. Lord Limited. A new addition to the
More Articles about Darlaston's
Past menu is an article about
shopping in Darlaston in
the 1890s.
The history of Viking
Cycles in the cycles
section in the museum
transport hall has been extended as has the story of
Bean cars in the
cars section.
Additions have been made to the section about
St. Chad's Church and the
section about Hickman Park in
listed buildings, and to the section about
St. Leonard's Church,
Bilston in interesting
buildings.
More photos have been added to Images
of Wolverhampton Polytechnic in the
education menu
in the exhibition
services hall.
The story of the
Old Steam Mill in
Industries Alongside the BCN in the
museum other trades hall
has been extended. The story of
Kirkpatrick's foundry in
Walsall industries in The Story of Walsall
has been updated, as has the story of Springdale
Methodist Church.
June 20:
A new addition to Old Photographs and
Images of Wolverhampton and the Surrounding Area is
More Images of Wolverhampton
from Old Postcards. Another new addition,
West Park From Old Postcards
has been added to the new
Parks section in the
Exhibition
Services Hall.
A new addition to the Religion
menu in History in the
Community is Ewan
Christian's report on St. Peter's Church and also an updated
version of St. John's In The Square.
The section about Lindy Lou's shop in
listed buildings has been updated with some
new photos. Photos have also been added to the article about
Methodism in Blakenhall and
Parkfield in the Religion
menu. Wellington Tube Works has been added to the
industries section in
The Annals of Tipton. The
story of F. H. Lloyd
and Company Limited in the
industries section in The
History of Wednesbury has been extended with an
article on the new heavy foundry.
Additions have also been made to the
Wednesbury industries
page, the story of tube making,
The Borough Council and
its Works, Some Shops
and Businesses in the Early 20th Century and
Into the 21st century.
May 20: Several adverts have been added
to the cinemas section in
The Annals of Tipton,
in which the section called The
20th Century has been extended and a new addition about
Slum Housing has been added, as
has the Growing
Town section. A new section describing
shops and shopping in the middle
years of the nineteenth century has been added to
shopping in the past in
the
Bantock Arcade in
the exhibition.
The stories of
Joseph Sankey & Sons Limited, and the
Midland Metal Spinning
Company Limited in the
museum metalware hall have also been extended.
The story of Mander Brothers in
the museum entrance hall has also been
extended, with some photographs
taken at the Heath Town site. Additions have been made to the
Early Photographic Studios section
in the photographers
section in
Bantock Arcade in the
exhibition. Additions have also been made to the following sections in
the story of St. John's In The
Square in listed buildings:
The New Church and
Restoration Work. The
Take Over
section in the history of
Star cars, in
the car section in the
museum transport hall has
been extended.
April 20: Additions have been made to
the story of the Horseley Company
in the industries section of The Annals of Tipton.
The following sections in
The Story of Walsall have
been extended: Second Half
of the 19th Century, the story of
Pat Collins,
The First World War and the story
of the new Town Hall in
The Early Twentieth Century. The story of
James Gibbons
Limited and also their
1952 catalogue
in the Gazetteer
of Lock and Key Makers has been extended along with the sections about
John Harper & Company Limited,
J. Legge & Company Limited,
Anglo-American Lock
Company Limited, Henry
Squire & Sons Limited,
Thomas Morgan & Sons Limited and
Enoch Pinson Limited. The story of Samuel Mills
Slater and his wife, Mary Julia Slater, along with the story of John George
Rose in
Notable 19th Century
Darlastonians and also the
Darlaston pubs section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been extended. The following sections in Willenhall
Through the Ages have been extended:
C and L Hill Limited,
Religion and Churches,
Into the 20th Century
and Life in the 19th
Century.
March 20: A new addition to the
Cycles Section in
the museum transport hall
is Harry Lester from
Walsall. The hospitals section in The Story of Walsall
has been extended and a some
adverts of shops from 1902 have been added to
Early Twentieth Century.
The section on St. Peter's Collegiate
Church and the section on St.
Peter's Gardens in listed buildings
have both been extended. The story of
St. Catherine's
Convalescent Home, Penn has been added to the
articles menu, the
Penn menu, and the
exhibition health
services menu. Additions have been made to
Evans Pumps Today in
the story of Joseph Evans
in the museum
engineering hall. Additions have also been made to the story of
Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss
in part 1 of industries
alongside the BCN. The story of the
lost shops at the southern end
of Worcester Street in lost buildings of
Wolverhampton has been extended. More photographs have been added to the
Brownhills section
in Recent Times in
The Story of Walsall. A
section about Tipton's annual
carnival in the 1990s has been added to
The Twentieth Century in The Annals of Tipton.
February 20: The story of
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas
Thorneycroft of Tettenhall Towers has been added to
Lives of Local People and the
Tettenhall menu. The history of
the
Patent Shaft and Axletree
Company, Other Industries, Public Houses,
The Growth of the Town and the
Contents
section in The
History of Wednesbury have been extended. Additions have been made to
the history of Shrubbery
Ironworks in part 2 of the
Industries Alongside the BCN section in the museum
other trades hall. A new addition to the Tipton
menu is Tipton Adverts Through
Time. The following sections in
Darlaston industries in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been extended: GKN, and
Garringtons Limited, as
well as the industries
section itself. Additions have also been made to the following sections in Willenhall
Through the Ages: Life
in the 19th Century and
The Industrial Town. The following sections in The Story of Walsall
have been extended: Second
Half of the Nineteenth Century,
John Lea and Taylor's Music
Shop, Roads, Canals and
Railways, Public Houses,
Industry,
The Leather Industry,
Iron Foundries and
Iron and Steel. The story of
Sankeys of Bilston has been extended and also added to the
museum
engineering hall. The story of
St. Luke's Church, Bilston has been added to the
religion menu.
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