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April 24:
Additions have been made to the
foundries section,
in the industries section
of
West Bromwich Through the
Ages and to References.
Other new additions to the West Bromwich section are as follows: An
1861 trade directory, with the following sections -
trade directory 1,
trade directory 2,
trade directory 3,
trade directory 4,
trade directory 5 and
trade directory 6.
Also The Post War Years.
Additions have also been made to the following sections in
Willenhall Through the Ages:
The Industrial Town,
Public Houses, and
Into the 20th Century.
The story of Josiah Parkes &
Sons Limited in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers in the museum, has also been extended.
The Wolverhampton section
of Views of the Black Country,
a Record of Change has been extended. It is in
Old Photographs and Images of Wolverhampton
and the Surrounding Area in the Articles
menu. The following sections in
The Story of Walsall have
been extended: Recent Times
and References. The
Twentieth Century in
The Annals of Tipton has also been extended, as has
public houses as well as
The Growing Town.
March 24: Additions have been made to
the story of
Arthur H. Moss safe maker
and Cyrus Price in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers in the museum.
West Bromwich Through the
Ages has been also been extended with new sections about
Education and
The War Years and
additions to Poor Law
Union, Into the
Twentieth Century and
References. The History of
Wednesbury has also been extended with an addition to
The Growth of the Town. The
section about Electric
Traction on Wolverhampton Tramways in a
Public Service
Revolution, in the buses section in the
Transport Services
Hall in the Exhibition
has been also extended, as has the story of the
George Hotel in
The Story of Walsall. The section on the
South Staffordshire trams in The
Electric Construction Corporation section of the story of
Thomas Parker in
Lives of Local People in
People and Genealogy has also been
extended, as has the section on
Thomas Parker Limited. Also extended is the story of
Years of Growth, the story of
churches and chapels
and also the story of the inter-war years, all in
A Brief History of Darlaston.
February 24:
Additions have been made to the history of
John Harper & Company Limited,
Josiah Parkes & Sons Limited and the Anglo American
Lock Company Limited
in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers in the museum and also to the industries
section in
The Annals of Tipton. The following sections in
The Story of Walsall have
been extended: Pubs,
The Inter-War Years,
Recent Times, and
Into the 19th Century.
Additions have also been made to
A Description, Directory and
Images of Old Tettenhall, in the
Tettenhall Menu. The following
sections in The History of
Wednesbury have been extended:
The Borough Council and
its Works, Public Houses,
The Growth of the Town and Into the
21st Century. The section called
Pubs on old Postcards, in
Recent Times, in
Dudley in the Past has been extended. The story of
Iron and Steel Making
in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has also been extended.
West Bromwich Through the
Ages has been extended with a new section:
Into the Twentieth
Century. The section on
Recent Times in Coseley Through the Ages
has also been extended with a few adverts.
Views of Wolverhampton from the Late
Twentieth Century has been added to the
Old Photographs and Images Menu.
January 24:
Additions have been made to the story of
Archibald Kendrick and also Samuel Withers & Company Limited
(in
the wf to wz section) in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers in the museum and also to the story of
William Mills Limited and
William Sanders
& Company in the
industries section of The History of
Wednesbury.
The industries section in
The Annals of Tipton has also been extended. The story of West
Bromwich's Roads, Canals and Railways has been added to
West Bromwich Through the
Ages and additions have been made to
Churches and Religion.
Another new addition is the story of
West Bromwich's industry,
including sections on
foundries and
patternmaking, spring making,
Jensen cars,
J. Brockhouse &
Company Limited,
George Salter & Company Limited,
Archibald Kenrick and
Sons Limited, and
References.
More photos have been added to
the story of
F. H. Lloyd & Company Limited,
The 1940s and early 1950s in the
industries sections in
A Brief History of Darlaston
and The History of Wednesbury.
The section on the
Villiers Engineering Company in the story of
Sunbeam bicycles in
the museum transport hall
has been extended.
December 23:
Additions have been made to the story of
The Woodlands in the
Penn Menu, in
Local Areas, in the
Articles menu. Additions have also been
made to the story of Joseph
Benton and part
3 of the story of
James Gibbons
Limited, in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers in the museum. Additions have been made
to Times of Change in
At the Flicks in the
Cinemas section
in the
Entertainment Hall in the
Exhibition. Additions
have also been made to More
Accessories, Cameras and Lenses in
The Corfield Story in
the museum entrance hall and also to
the story of Bayliss, Jones and
Bayliss Limited in the
metalware and holloware section in the
metalware hall in the
entrance hall in the
museum. Additions have also been made to
the story of Reade Brothers &
Company Limited in the
Other Trades Hall in
the museum.
Into the 20th Century
in
The Story of Walsall has been
extended, as has Walsall
Arboretum, Recent Times,
The Second Half of the
19th Century, The Inter-War
Years, Into the 19th
Century and A brief History of
Pelsall that is in Recent Times.
November 23:
The story of
Upper Penn in the 19th
Century in the Articles on Local
Areas Menu has been extended. The
Other Industries section
in The History of Wednesbury
has also been extended, as has
the cinemas section, the
trams section, the
Darlaston Pubs
section, Churches and
Chapels, Education,
Into the 20th Century
and the story of
Charles Richards & Sons Limited
and Wilkes Limited, both in
the industries section in
A Brief History of Darlaston.
Additions have also been made to
Recent Times,
The Inter-War Years and
the 12th to 14th century in
Dudley in the Past. Two new sections have been added to
West Bromwich Through the
Ages. They are The Oak
House and Early Growth and
The Poor Law Union and
the Municipal Borough. Additions have been made to the following
sections in
The Story of Walsall:
Recent Times,
The Second Half of the
19th Century, The Inter-War
Years, and Parish Churches
and Chapels of Ease, in
Churches and Religion, also
Into the 19th Century.
More photos have been added to
Into the 21st Century
and Churches
in The History of Wednesbury.
October 23:
The history of Bloomfield Ironworks in the
ironworks section in the
industries section in
The Annals of Tipton has been extended, as has
Bricks and Pots in the
Industries section and
The Twentieth Century in
A Brief History of Darlaston.
Additions have also been made to The
History of the Public House
in the Darlaston Pubs section
and a 1912 Directory in
Into the 20th Century.
The history of
William Sanders & Company in electrical equipment manufacturers in the
Other Industries section
in The History of Wednesbury
along with Some shops and
businesses in the early 20th century and
Public houses have also been extended. Two directories from 1922,
Darlaston Streets and
Occupants, and a
Darlaston Residential Directory have been added to the section on
the inter-war years in
A Brief History of Darlaston,
which itself has also been extended. The
Company's Products
section in the story of
E.C.C. in the
electrical and
electronic engineering hall in the
museum has been extended. Additions have been made to
The Later Years in
the story of A.J.S.
motorcycles in the
motorcycles section in
the museum transport hall.
September 23:
The story of Chubb locks and
safes in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers in the museum, has been extended, as
has the section about Churches and Religion, the
Twentieth Century, and the
story of Palethorpe's in the
industries section and pubs
all in
The Annals of Tipton. The following section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has also been extended: The story of
Darlaston Carnival
in More Articles About Darlaston's Past
in the Darlaston Menu, and the story of
Samuel Rubery & Son Limited
has been added to the
industries section. The story of
Sidecars and C. W.
Hayward in the A.J.S.
motorcycles story in the
museum transport hall has also been extended, as has the
Early Inter-War
Years section in the
history of Guy Motors,
also in the
museum transport hall. Additions have been made to
Early Years in the
story of Thomas Parker in
the museum electrical
engineering hall and lives of local
people. Additions have also been made to
The Growth of the Town and
The Borough Council and
its Works in
The History of Wednesbury.
The story of the Guy car in
the cars section in the
museum transport hall has
also been extended.
August 23:
The sections on the 1990s and
The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire
Technical College in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic have been extended. The section on
Tipton Libraries in
Local Government in
The Annals of Tipton has also been extended, as has the story of the
Union Mill in
Part 5 of
Industries Alongside the
BCN and the story of tin toy manufacturer
Sidney Cartwright
in the Penn section
in the Local Areas menu and the
metalware manufacturers section in the
museum metalware hall.
Additions have been made to the story of
Guy Motors,
during the
Second World War in the
commercial vehicles
section, in the
transport hall in the
museum. Additions have also been to the
funeral section in the story of
Thomas Parker in the and
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Hall also in the
museum and to
Into the 20th Century in
A Brief History of Darlaston.
The section about the history of
Joshua Bigwood & Son
Limited in the
museum engineering hall, has been extended with a new section on
Bigwood's Troughber
dust extractors. The section on the
take-over in
Star cars in
the cars section in the
museum transport hall has
also been extended.
July 23:
The sections on
Legge locks and
Samuel Parkes & Company in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers in the museum, have been extended. The
story of Walsall's first
power station in The
Second Half of 19th Century and the story of the
Zeppelin Raids in
The Story of Walsall have
also been extended, as has the
Coal Mining section in
Willenhall Through the Ages
and the story of Squire locks
in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers in the museum. The section on
the first students' union
magazine in the Wolverhampton and
Staffordshire Technical College in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic has been extended, as has the
section on The National
Foundry College. The story of
Sandwell Priory and the Manor
House in West Bromwich
Through The Ages has also been extended and a new section has been added
about churches and religion.The
following sections in
Dudley in the Past have been extended:
Into the 20th Century,
The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s and
Images of old Pubs in
Recent Times.
The Later Years in
the story of A.J.S. in
the
motorcycles section in
the
museum transport hall has
also been extended.
June 23:
The Chromographic Advertising
Signs section in the
Chromographic enamel signs story in the
museum metalware hall
has been extended. A new addition to the
articles menu is the story of an early Wolverhampton guide book:
John Steen and Company's
Wolverhampton Guide, from 1884. The history of
Garringtons Limited and
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds in
the Industries Section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been extended, as has
Churches and Chapels.
Into the 20th Century in
Coseley Through the Ages
has also been extended. More adverts have been added to the section on
Crabtree's products in the
Industry Section in
The Story of Walsall.
Into the 21st Century
and the Industries Section
in The History of Wednesbury
have been extended, as has the section on
Herbertson and Company
Limited,
Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss
Limited, New
Griffin Works, Shiptons at
Albion Mill, and
Life on the Canal in
Industries Alongside the BCN in the
museum other trades hall. Additions have also been made to the section
on The Central Library in
Wolverhampton's First Free
Library in the articles menu.
May 23:
The section on
Darlaston's listed
buildings in the Darlaston Menu has a new
addition about the recently listed
ex-police station.
Recent Times,
The 1960s and The Old Town
Centre, the
21st Century Rebuild,
The Post-War Years,
Industries and the
War Memorial in
World War 2 in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been extended. Additions have also been made to the
1950s, 1960s and 1970s in
Dudley in the Past. The story of St.
George's Church, Wolverhampton, in the
listed buildings
section has also been updated. Additions have been made to the Story of J.
A. Crabtree & Company Limited in the
Industry Section in
The Story of Walsall. The
section on Wolverhampton and
Staffordshire Technical College in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic has been extended. Additions have
been made to the story of the terrible
1916 Zeppelin raids and to
the Industries section in
The Annals of Tipton and to The
1960s A Decade of Change in Wolverhampton. Additions have been made to
the following sections in Early
Photographic Studios in Wolverhampton -
A list of Wolverhampton
photographers, A to D,
E to H,
Hi to Hu, and
Wh to Wo which is in the
photographers section
in Bantock Arcade
in the Exhibition.
April 23: The
story of St. Philip's Church, Penn Fields has been added to the
Penn menu in the
local areas section, in the
articles menu. Additions have been made
to the story of Sandwell
Priory in West Bromwich
Through The Ages and the story of the
Royal Orphanage in the
Education Services
Menu in the
Wolverhampton Exhibition Commerce and Services Hall has been extended.
The story of Charles Richards &
Sons Limited in the
Darlaston industries section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has also been extended, as has the story of
Walsall's power station
in the Second Half of the
19th Century in
The Story of Walsall. The
story of Cannon Iron Foundries
Limited in the Coseley
industries section, the
industries section itself and
Recent Times
in Coseley Through the Ages
have also been extended, as has the history of
Joseph Sankey & Sons
Limited in the
museum engineering hall. A new addition to the
museum engineering hall is the story of
Thompson Brothers (Bilston)
Limited. The following sections in
The History of Wednesbury
have been extended:
Businesses in the Early 20th
Century and Roads, Canals
and Railways.
March 23: Additions have been made
to the story of
Servis washing machines,
Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds and
an F. W. Cotterill Limited advert and additions to Comrade Cycles in the
Darlaston Industries section
in
A Brief History of Darlaston.
The section on Darlaston in
the post war years includes a link to a new section,
the Darlaston horticultural and
sports show. The
Comrade Cycles
section in the
bicycles section in the
museum transport hall has also been extended. Additions have been made
to Into the 19th Century,
the Second Half of the
19th Century and Recent
Times in
The Story of Walsall and to
the story of the
Star Aluminium Company Limited in the museum
engineering hall 3.
Additions have also been made to
Canals, Roads and Railways,
The Development of
Local Government and
Into the 20th Century in
Willenhall Through the Ages. The
story of John Marston's
domestic ware in the list
of manufacturers in the
museum metalware hall has been extended. Additions have also been made
to the story of B. & P.
Walters and Benjamin Walters & Company Limited
in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers in the museum.
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