History of the website.

The website is now over 26 years old. It first appeared in August 1999 as a small website containing a few articles about local history. Since those days it has grown to be one of the largest local history websites in the country. I hope you will continue to enjoy your future visits to the site.
                                                                                                      Bev Parker.


The latest additions to the website over the last year:

April 26: The history of Chamberlin and Hill's foundry in the Iron Foundries section of Industries in The Story of Walsall has been greatly extended. The section on Recent Times in A brief history of Darlaston has also been extended. Additions have been made to the section on the 1990s in Images of Wolverhampton Polytechnic. The following sections in Dudley in the Past have also been extended: Recent Times, A & B in Kelly's 1912 Worcestershire Directory in Into the 20th Century and Dudley Castle in the section about the Civil War. The section on Wellington Tubes in the industries section in The Annals of Tipton has also been extended. The history of Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss in part 1 of industries alongside the BCN in the Other Trades Hall in the museum has been extended. The history of William Hayward & Sons Limited in the general metalware section in the museum metalware hall has also been extended. Additions have also been made to the section on Old Wolverhampton postcards in old photographs and images of Wolverhampton and the surrounding area.. The section on the 1902 Art and Industry Exhibition has also been extended.

March 26: Additions have been made to the 1,000hp Sunbeam car section in the story of Sunbeam cars in the car section in the  museum transport hall. The story of William Sanders & Company switchgear manufacturers in the electrical manufacturers section, part of the industries section in the History of Wednesbury has been extended. Additions have also been made to the story of Crabtrees in the industries section of The Story of Walsall. The section about some of Revo's many products in the Revo story in the industries section in The Annals of Tipton has also been extended as has the section about W.G. Allen & Sons. Additions have also been made to the following sections in A brief history of Darlaston: Trams, Recent Times, Industries and Churches and Chapels. The following sections in The Story of Walsall have also been extended: The Walsall Electrical Company Limited in the Industry section, 20th century and recent times. Additions have also been made to the following sections of Dudley in the Past: Dudley Castle, part of The Civil War, Churches and Religion, Mining in the industries section and The 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

February 26: Additions have been made to the following sections in A brief history of Darlaston: Churches and Chapels, World War Two and  Recent Times. Also to the following sections in The Annals of Tipton: Industries, The Horseley Company Limited and Victoria Park. The section on Wightwick Manor in the Wightwick section of listed buildings has been extended as has the section on Wolverhampton Grammar School and the section on the Queen Victoria Nursing Institution in Bath Road, in the health section of the services section in the exhibition menu. The story of Walsall Arboretum in Recent Times in The Story of Walsall has been extended, as has the section on St Peter's Church in Wolverhampton's listed buildings, along with the section about Wolverhampton's Art Gallery in Lichfield Street. Additions have been made the following section in A History of Wednesbury: Medieval and Into the 21st Century. The history of pubs in The Story of Walsall has been extended as has Wesleyan Methodism in Churches and Religion. The story of Tettenhall Church in the Tettenhall menu in local areas has been extended.

January 26: The story of Lee Howl & Company Limited in the industry section in The Annals of Tipton has been extended, as has the section The Twentieth Century. The story of Joseph Sankey & Sons Limited in the Bilston menu in
Local Areas has also been extended. Additions have also been made to the story of Atlas Works in the Darlaston industries section in A brief history of Darlaston. Recent Times, also in A brief history of Darlaston has also been extended. Additions have been made to the industries section in Coseley Through The Ages. Josiah Parkes, Enoch Jones & Sons, H & T Vaughan and Beddow & Sturmey Limited. The following sections in Willenhall Through The Ages have also been extended: C and L Hill Limited, Samuel Griffiths, The Industrial Town and Into the 20th Century. Additions have also been made to the following sections in The Story of Walsall: John Russell & Company Limited in the Iron and Steel section in Industry and Into the 19th Century. The story of St. Paul's Church, Wood Green in A History of Wednesbury has been extended.