July 22: A new addition to the
articles menu and the
upper services hall
in the exhibition services
building is the story of
Wolverhampton's early libraries and the first free library in Garrick Street.
Another new addition to the articles menu
is the story of a time of change;
Wolverhampton in the 1870s. The story of the
Wolverhampton and Staffordshire
Technical College Rag Days has been added to
The 1950s and 1960s section in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic and additions have been made to The Early
Years, The Foundry
College and the Wolverhampton School
of Arts and Crafts.
A new addition to section C
in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers is the book,
The House of
Chubb, 1818 to 1918. The
James Gibbons
section has also been extended.
A new addition to
Into the 19th Century
in
The Story of Walsall is the
Walsall Red Books and Walsall
Advertiser. The Borough of Wolverhampton,
1948 Centenary Civic Exhibition in the
articles menu has been extended, as
has the
pubs section in The History of
Wednesbury, the story of
Contactor Switchgear Limited in the museum
electrical and
electronic engineering hall.
June 22: The following sections in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic in the
Articles menu and the
Education menu
have been extended: The Early
Years, Images of 'C Block' and Bereavements.
The story of Aaron Manby, his
steamship and its commemoration has been added to
The Twentieth Century and
to the story of the Horseley Works
in the Industries section,
in
The Annals of Tipton.
Dudley in the Past has been greatly extended. The new sections are as
follows:
The Inter-War Years, along with a sub-section called
Entertainment and another
sub-section called Images of
Dudley, as seen on old postcards. The story of the
Second World War which includes a
section about the Post War Years,
the story of the
Dudley Canal Tunnel in Dudley's canals in the
Nineteenth Century, the 1950s, 1960s and
1970s, and Recent Times.
The following sections have been extended: Dudley
Industries, the mining section in
Dudley Industries, the
railways section in
Nineteenth Century Dudley, and
Nineteenth Century Dudley itself, along with
Into the Twentieth Century,
Into the Nineteenth Century
and References.
May 22: A new addition to the
articles
menu is a section about the Wolverhampton Red Book and Directory, which also
includes photos and adverts from the
early 1900s,
the 1920s and 30s, and
the
1940s and 1950s. Further additions have been made to the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers:
S. Giffiths & Sons,
Cyrus Price, George Price
and Thomas Skidmore & Son.
The story of H. M.
Hobson Limited in
Aircraft Components in the
museum transport hall has been extended, as has the story of
Crosbie's Paints
in Part 3 of
Industries alongside the
BCN, and
Bilston Road Wharves in
Part 2 and Griffin Works
in Part 5. The story of
the Star and
Garter Hotel in the
Exhibition Services
Hall has also been extended, as has
A Stroll Along Old
Bilston Street in Old Photos and Images
of Wolverhampton and the Surrounding Area. A new addition to
Dudley in the Past is
Schools in the Borough of Dudley which is accessible from
Into the 20th Century. The
public houses section in
The Story of Walsall has been
extended as has The Second
Half of the 19th Century and
Walsall Arboretum in
Recent Times.
April 22: Additions have been made to
the story of The
Engraving Company in the
museum Printing Hall and the Old Shop From
Pipers Row in Lost Buildings. Additions have also been made to
the story of Churches
and Religion in
Dudley in the Past and to the following sections in
The Annals of Tipton:
Industries, Palethorpes
and the history of the
Revo Electric Company Limited. The
section on bricks and pots in
the industries section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been greatly extended and additions have been made to the story of the
Patent Shaft and Axletree
Company, in Take Over
in the industries section
in The History of
Wednesbury. The sections on
Enoch Pinson Limited and W. M. Pinson Limited in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers have been extended as has the
history of John Harper &
Company Limited, which is also in the
Willenhall industries section.
The story of Kirkpatrick
Limited in the Industries
section in
The Story of Walsall has also
been extended. Additions have been made to
The EEC and
The Company's
Products in
the story of the E.C.C.
in the museum Electrical
Engineering Hall.
March 22: Additions have been made to
the story of the Wolverhampton Art
and Industrial Exhibition in the
articles menu. The following sections
in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic in the
Articles menu and the
Education menu
have been updated and extended: The
1980s and The 1990s, and a new
section called Bereavements
has been added. Additions have been made to the following
sections in
Dudley in the Past:
Beginnings, 12th to the 14th
century, The Civil War,
Eighteenth Century,
References, and
Early Industries which is a
new addition to the 15th to the
17th century, also Industries
which includes the following sections:
Glass Making,
Coal, Iron Ore and Limestone mining,
Iron Works,
Beans Industries,
BSR,
N. Hingley and Sons,
H. and T. Danks and Edwin Danks,
and Round Oak Iron and Steel Works.
Toll Roads, and
The Stage Coach Era have been
added to the Nineteenth Century,
also in
Dudley in the Past. The
Education section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been extended and an image of a fine painting of Darlaston Town Railway
Station, by Ray Jones, has been added to the
Darlaston railways section.
February 22:
Into the Twentieth Century
in Coseley Through the Ages
has been extended. The story of Queen Victoria's visit to Wolverhampton in
the articles menu has been updated.
Photos have been added to the story of the
Exchange Building in
Lost Buildings of Wolverhampton. The Industries
section in Willenhall
Through the Ages has been extended with the addition of a
bulletin
produced by John Harper & Company Limited in June 1951. Additions
have been made to the
Final Years in
the story of the E.C.C.
in the museum Electrical
Engineering Hall. Additions have been made to the following sections in The Story of Walsall:
the Second Half of the
19th Century, Into
the 20th Century, and the Growth
of Shopping in Park Street. The story about
Charles Richards & Sons Limited
in the industries section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been extended. The following sections in The History of
Wednesbury have been extended:
The Borough Council and
its works, Pubs,
and
Into the 21st Century.
A photograph of the Old Stags Head pub has been added to
Upper Penn in the 19th
Century.
January 22: A new addition to
Willenhall Through the Ages
and Life in the 19th
Century is The Town Centre in
the 1840s. Additions have been made to the following sections in
Dudley in the Past: Dudley
Priory, the Nineteenth Century,
Into the Twentieth Century, 1912 Directory part one,
1912 Directory part
two, 1912 Directory part three,
Schools in 1912,
Dudley Castle,
and
The Guest Hospital. Additions have been made to the following sections in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers:
John Waine,
Arthur Shaw & Company
Limited,
Chubb,
Josiah Parkes & Sons Limited,
John Worrall and Sons
Limited,
H & T Vaughan and
Yale Security products
Limited. The Industries
section in Willenhall
Through the Ages has been extended with the addition of a booklet
produced by John Harper &
Company Limited.
Photos and a share certificate have been added to the section on the
Symphony
Gramophone and Radio Company Limited in the museum
electrical and
electronic engineering hall also
Churches and Religion and the story of
Edwin Richards & Sons
in the Other Industries
section in The History of
Wednesbury have been extended.
December 21: An
Arthur Shaw & Company price
list has been added to
section 'S' in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers, along with
Samuel Bucknell and
Stephen Sheldon with
additions to
Cyril Kieft,
Oakden and Sons Limited,
Josiah Parkes & Sons Limited,
George Price,
Thomas Skidmore & Son, and
B. & P. Walters. The following sections in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been extended:
Early Growth, Iron
and Steel Making, Bricks and
Pots in the Industries
section,
A New Town Hall,
Into the 20th Century,
Cinemas,
The Inter-War Years, the Second World
War, The History of the Public House,
part of the Darlaston Pubs section,
Recent Times and The Old
Town Centre, which is also in
Recent Times. The story
of the Guest Hospital has
been added to
Nineteenth Century in
Dudley in the Past and the
References section has been extended.
The Annals of Tipton has been
extended with additions to
Churches and Religion and the
Cinemas Section in The
Twentieth Century, The
history of Palethorpes,
Industries, and
The Horseley Company. The history of the
Chromographic Enamel Company
Limited in the enamel
signs section of the
museum metalware hall has been extended.
November 21:
Dudley in the Past has been extended with the following sections:
Nineteenth Century,
Local Railways,
Local Canals,
Excerpts from Michael Billing's
1855 Directory, An 1861 List of
Trades Men and Trades Women and
References. A new addition
to the Penn menu is
Penn in 1843 with the
following sections: Penn
Road and Manor Road,
Pinfold Lane,
Warstones Road, Church
Hill, Vicarage Road
and Mount Road. The
Muchall to Penn Road
and the Hollybush section in
Upper Penn in the 19th Century, also in the Penn menu
have been updated. The section about public houses
in Willenhall Through the Ages
has been extended, as have the following sections:
Religion and Churches,
The Development of
Local Government, Into
the 20th Century, Life
in the 19th Century, The
Industrial Town, and
Local Personalities and Prominent Families. A Joshua Bigwood plate levelling machine has been
added to the
straightening machines section in the story of
Joshua Bigwood & Son
Limited.
Darlaston Pubs and
The History of the Public House
in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been extended.
October 21: Additions have been made to
The Growth of the Town and
Public Houses in The History of Wednesbury
and also to The 1916 Zeppelin Raids.
Dudley in the Past has been extended with the following sections:
Churches and Religion and
The Eighteenth Century.
Additions have also been made to the story of
Samuel Platt Limited in the
industries section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
and to The 1990s in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic.
Philip Starkey of Bloxwich
and Whitfield Safes of
Birmingham have been added to the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers.
Images of Wolverhampton in Old
Postcards in the Old Photographs and
Images of Wolverhampton and the Surrounding Area menu, in the
Articles, Town History and Bibliography menu, has been enlarged. Photos
have been added to the story of
Joshua Bigwood & Son
Limited in the
museum engineering hall. The story of
Neptune Forge, Chain, Anchor and
Engine Works in the
industries section in
The Annals of Tipton has been
extended. The story of the
Cannon Foundry has also been added to the
metalware and holloware
section in the
museum metalware hall.
September 21: Additions have been made
to The Shops at the Southern End
of Worcester Street in Lost Buildings of
Wolverhampton. The section on
Butler's Pubs, in the story of
W. Butler & Company Limited, in the
museum food hall, has been
extended. Additions have been made to the following sections in
The Story of Walsall:
Into the 19th Century,
Public Houses,
Second Half of the 19th
Century, Other Methodists
in Churches and Religion, and
Industry. The
Darlaston Pubs section and
Photographs of Darlaston Pubs in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been updated, as has Appendix 1 in the
story of Urban Dairy Farms
in Darlaston Green in the Early 1900s in
More Articles About Darlaston's
Past.
The story of the
Joshua Bigwood pipe bending machine has also been updated with the
addition of more and larger photos. Additions have been made to the
1980s section in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic. The following additions have been
made to
Dudley in the Past: The Civil
War, The Castle, and
The Priory. The
2021 Turner
Wolverhampton Reunion has been added to the
Rallies section in the
museum transport hall.
August 21: Additions have been made to
the following sections in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic,
The National Foundry College,
The Early Years,
The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire
Technical College, The 1950s and
1960s, and Images of 'C Bock'.
The story of Beans Industries, Triplex Foundry
and Palethorpes
in the industries section of
The Annals of Tipton have been extended, as has
The Twentieth Century with
the addition of the 1912 report on
the health and hygiene of the town. There are two new additions to
Dudley in the Past, the 15th to
the 17th century and the story of iron smelter
Dud Dudley.
Early Photographic Studios in
Wolverhampton has a new image by
Sarah Williams.
Photographs of an E. Bates
lock have been added to the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers. The following sections in
The Story of Walsall have
been extended: Recent Times,
Parish Churches and Chapels of
Ease, Into the 20th
Century, The Leather
Industry. Additions have been made to the story of the
Liverpool Overhead Railway
in the Electric Construction
Corporation section of the story of
Thomas Parker in the
museum Electrical and
Electronic Engineering Hall.
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