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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.
July 21:
The story of
F. H. Lloyds of James Bridge Steel
Works,
Early 1930s part 1, the
Early 1930s part 2 and
The Later Years and also
The Steel Nut and Joseph Hampton
Limited in the industries
section of
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been extended as has
F. H. Lloyds of James Bridge Steel
Works in the industries section
in The History of Wednesbury
along with the story of
William Sanders
& Company. Additions have
been made to the story of Reade
Brothers in the museum
other trades hall
and to the history of
Davies
Brothers & Company Limited at Crown Works in
part 7 of Industries Alongside
the BCN. A new addition to
Dudley in the Past is the
12th to the 14th century. A Yale
advert for padlocks,
from 1929, has been added to the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers as has a
A photograph of a fine example
of a George Cheadle door lock, Chas. P. Mathews,
and an extension to the section about James Butler &
Company and the section about
Enoch Tonks. The
commemoration section in
the story of Thomas Parker
in the museum electrical
and electronic engineering hall has been updated.
June 21:
The industries section and
the Lee Howl story in
The Annals of Tipton have been
extended, as has Notable
19th Century Darlastonians in
A Brief History of Darlaston.
The following sections in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic have also been extended:
Beginnings,
The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire
Technical College,
The 1980s and
The 1990s. A new section,
People in the News has been
added to
The 1990s. The history of the
Patent Shaft and Axletree
Company and the history of tube
making in the industries section
in The History of Wednesbury
have been extended, as has the
businesses in the early 20th
century section, The Growth
of the Town, and
The Borough Council and its Works. The story of the
Great Western pub in the
pubs menu has
been updated. The following sections in the
Gazetteer of Lock and Key Makers have been extended:
Arthur Shaw & Company Limited
and Humphrey & J. Fox, Century
Locks Limited. Additions have been made to
Recent Times,
The Early Twentieth
Century, The George Hotel,
and the Second Half of the
19th Century in
The Story of Walsall. Several
photos have been added to the history of the
Efandem
Company Limited in the museum
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Hall.
May 21: Additions have been made to the
story of
John Harper & Company Limited, Enoch Tonks & Sons
Limited, Job Tarbuck,
Cyrus Price,
Josiah Pedley,
George Anslow and
Enoch Hadley in the Gazetteer of Lock and
Key Makers. Additions have also been made to
the story of The Steel Nut &
Joseph Hampton Limited and the story of the
Bentley Hall Brick Company Limited
in the Rubery Owen section, in the industries
section of
A Brief History of Darlaston
and to the industries section
in
Coseley Through the Ages and
to Into the 21st Century
in The
History of Wednesbury.
Into the 19th Century
in The Story of Walsall and
Into the 20th Century in Willenhall
Through the Ages have also been extended. Photographs have been
added to the story of
Turner sports cars in the
cars section in the museum
transport hall and
DMW motorcycles. The
history of Joseph Evans & Sons has been extended as has the section on
surviving pumps. The
sections on the
Wolverhampton and
Staffordshire Technical College, 1950s and 1960s, The 1970s,
and 'C Block' in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic have also been extended and the
first Students' Union
magazine has been added.
April 21: Additions have been made to
the story of the 1902
Wolverhampton Art and Industrial Exhibition in the
museum entrance hall,
The 1980s and
The 1990s in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic and to the story of
John Harper & Company Limited
in the Gazetteer of Lock and
Key Makers. The story of the
Wulfrun Centre in the late 1960s has been added to the
Bantock Arcade in
the exhibition shopping
building, and the articles menu.
The history of Bescot Hall
has been added to Notable
19th Century Darlastonians in
A Brief History of Darlaston
and also Into the 20th
Century and Zeppelin Raids in
The First World War in The Story of Walsall.
Additions have also been made to
Into the 21st Century
in The
History of Wednesbury and the following sections in
Coseley Through The Ages:
Into the 20th Century and
Recent Times.
Also to the story of
T. & C. Clark,
Shakespeare Foundry and the
products section in
Part 5 of
Industries Alongside the
BCN.
Canal Wharves in
Part 4 in
Industries Alongside the
BCN and the
Canals, Roads and Railways section in Willenhall
Through the Ages.
March 21: A new addition to
Old Photos and Images of Wolverhampton and
the Surrounding Area is
Images of Cleveland Road with sections on
The Bus Depot,
The Newmarket,
The Dixons Building,
The Royal Hospital and
Bakers Shoe Factory. The
health services menu
in the exhibition
services hall has been improved and
Images of the Royal Hospital
has been added. The story of
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Thorneycroft of Tettenhall Towers, in
Lives of Local People, has been
extended. Further additions have been made to the section on the
1950s and 1960s and
The 1990s in
Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic. A new addition to the
articles menu is
The Northern End of the Old
Market Place. The following sections in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been extended: The
1970s Rebuild, Darlaston
in 2001 and 2002 and Guest, Keen and Nattlefolds. Additions have been made
to the section about the
products made by
Jones Brothers & Company in the
Jones Brothers &
Company section in the
museum metalware hall and to the story of
John Harper & Company Limited
in the Gazetteer of Lock and
Key Makers.
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.
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