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July 19: The
story of Bob Smith in
Into the 20th Century in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been extended, as has
Recent Times,
Industries and the history of
Easiclene in the Rubery Owen
section. The story of
Seamless Tubes has been added to the
Wednesfield menu and to the
museum engineering hall.
Descriptions of works visits by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to
Walsall manufacturers has been added to the section on
John Shannon & Son Limited
and John Russell & Company
in the industries section
and the leather industry page in The Story of Walsall.
The stories of the
Electrical Construction Company and
Thomas Parker Limited in the
museum electrical and
electronic engineering hall have been extended. The story of
Wolverhampton's power
station in
Industries Alongside the BCN in the
museum other trades hall
has also been extended. , and to
Wednesfield Canal in
the Wednesfield section, and
also Into the 20th Century
in Willenhall
Through the Ages. The
DKR story in the
motorcycle section in
the museum transport hall
has been extended, as has the
DMW section with
images from a
'Bambi' catalogue.
June 19: Additions have been
made to the 1897 Wolverhampton
Business Review and to the
following sections in the
History of A.J.S.:
The Early Years and
The Later Years and
a 1925 A.J.S. catalogue
has been added to The
Middle Years. Details of the
early development of Tipton's libraries have been added to the
Local Government section
in
The Annals of Tipton. The
links page has been updated along with the
genealogy links. An article about the
running of one of Thomas
Parker's battery-powered trams in Sydney, has been added to the
Australia page in the story
of Thomas Parker. The
Elwell-Parker section has
also been extended. The
histories of James
Fellows & Son and
S. J. & E. Fellows Limited in the
metalware and holloware section
in the museum metalware hall
have been greatly extended. The
story of Sister Dora and the
industry section in The Story of Walsall
have been extended. The histories of
Wilkes Limited and
E. C. and J. Keay Limited in the
Industries section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been extended, as has the
Interwar Years section.
May 19: The stories of
Tipton's Local Authority
and Victoria Park
have been added to
The Annals of Tipton.
Additions have been made to the story of
Bean cars in the museum transport hall
and to the story of Frisky
cars and the
factories and
sidecars sections in the
story of A.J.S.
The following sections in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been extended: Into the Twentieth
Century, Local Government,
Education,
A New Town Hall,
David Etchells and Son Limited,
Garringtons Limited,
Rubery Owen & Company Limited,
Years of Growth, and
Wilkins and Mitchell Limited in
the Industries section.
The Church of Emmanuel
at Bentley has been added to the section about
Darlaston's listed
buildings. The following sections in
The Story of Walsall have
been extended: Recent Times,
The Early 20th Century,
29 Bridge Street, and
The George Hotel. Photos of a
Thomas Perry safe have been added to the
Story of Thomas Perry &
Son Limited in the museum
Engineering Hall
and the Gazetteer
of Lock and Key Makers. Additions have also been made to the story of
Lowe and Fletcher in the Gazetteer
of Lock and Key Makers.
April 19: The story of
Daisy Alcock one of the
greatest calligraphers of her century has been added to the
Wednesfield menu and
Lives of Local People. The following
sections in Darlaston
industries in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been extended: Wilkes
Limited, Longmore Brothers
Limited, and Rubery Owen.
Also in
A Brief History of Darlaston,
Recent Times has been extended with the addition of
photos from 2001 and
2002
and photos of Slater Street School have been added to
Losses, photos of old pubs in the
pubs section and photos of James Bridge Cemetery have been added to
Years of Growth.
A school photo has also been added to the
Salisbury Street School Album.
Additions have been made to the following sections in The
History of Wednesbury:
Churches and Religion,
The Borough Council and
its Works, Into the
21st Century, The Growth of
the Town, and Roads,
Canals and Railways.
Recent Times and Roads,
Canals and Railways in
The Story of Walsall has been
extended, and the story of Bertie Crick has been added to
The First World War.
The Development of
Local Government in Willenhall
Through the Ages has been extended. The story of the
Central Arcade in the Lost Buildings
section has also been extended.
March 19: The story of
cycle
racing in Wolverhampton in the
about
the industry part of the
cycles section in the
museum transport hall
and the
sports and leisure activities section in the
exhibition entertainment hall has been extended. The story of
Edwin John
Yates and Company has been extended in the
Gazetteer
of Lock and Key Makers, as has the story of
Enoch Jones (Willenhall)
Limited, and the story of Young and Glover of Wolverhampton. Additions have been made to the
education
section in The
History of Wednesbury. A new addition to the
education services menu in the
exhibition services hall is the story of
The Royal
Orphanage, Wolverhampton. A history of
Wolverhampton's Old Retail Market Hall
has been added to the articles menu
and to a new
Municipal Services menu in the
exhibition services
hall. Additions have been made to the following sections in
The Story of Walsall:
The late 19th Century,
The Early 19th Century,
The Early 20th Century, and the Industries Section.
A new addition to the Walsall Menu is a
Local Chronology of Walsall
from 1004 to 1936. The story of
Joseph Evans in the
museum engineering hall
has been extended. The
history of Tettenhall Wood House - 1833 to 1969 in the
articles menu and the
Tettenhall menu has been extended, as has the story of the
1902 Art and Industrial Exhibition.
The section on clock making
in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has also been extended.
February 19: Additions have been made to
the early history of Turner
cars and to
Decline and
Fall in the
history of Sunbeam Motorcycles in the museum transport hall
and to the Wolverhampton
Railway Gazette in the
exhibition
transport services hall. Improved photos have been added along with the
following new articles:
Priestfield Station
1854 to 1972, Sins of
the Fathers, Dudley
in 1928 and A visit to
Wolverhampton in 1932. Additions have also been made to the story of
Wearwell Cycles and
the story of the
Star Engineering Company and the
Star
factories in the museum transport hall.
The story of GKN in the
industries section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been extended.
Details of Thomas Parker's locomotives have been added to
the locomotive menu
in the museum transport hall.
A new addition to the articles menu
is Richard Sells' description of the
unveiling of the John Wilkinson
blue plaque at Bradley. The story of
Joseph
Devey and his cycles and the story of the
Humber Cycles manufactured in Wolverhampton has been extended in the
cycles section in the museum transport hall.
The industries section in Willenhall
Through the Ages has been extended.
January 19: Some details of
Fisher & Company who made
locks in Wolverhampton, has been added to the Gazetteer
of Lock and Key Makers. A
detailed account of
Jack Turner's early career has been added to the
Turner Sports Car
section in the museum
transport hall. Additions have been made to the
pubs section in
Shops and Pubs in Old Penn,
and to Penn Village in the 20th
Century. More photos have been added to the story of
Light Delivery Vehicles
(LDV), the history of
Turner Sports Cars and the story of
DKR Scooters Limited,
all in the museum transport hall.
Additions have been made to the history of the
Yale and Towne Manufacturing
Company, John Harper and
Company Limited and Henry Harrison
and Sons Limited in the Gazetteer
of Lock and Key Makers. Additions have also been made to
The Industrial Town in Willenhall
Through the Ages. The story of
Comrade Cycles in the
industries section in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been extended, as has part
three of the history of Rubery
Owen. The story of
Wednesbury's pubs in The
History of Wednesbury has also been extended.
A brief history of
Brownhills and A brief
history of Pelsall have been added to
Recent Times in
The Story of Walsall.
December 18: The story of the Patent
Shaft Steel Works and Old Park Works has been greatly extended in the
industries section in The
History of Wednesbury:
The Early Years, Old
Park Works, Take Over,
Development Schemes,
The Factory in the Late
1970s, and Closure.
Additions have been made to the following sections in the story of
William Butler & Company Limited:
More Changes,
A New Order, and
Further Expansion.
Additions have also been made to
The Early Years in the
story of local historian, the late
Jim Boulton, in
Lives of Local People. The story of
Her Majesty's Theatre in Walsall, in
Into the 19th Century,
in
The Story of Walsall has been
extended. Photos have been added to the pubs
section, the history of
Samuel Platts, and the story of
Rubery Owen & Company Limited in the
Industries section, and to
Churches and Chapels,
and Recent
Times in
A Brief History of Darlaston.
Additions have been made to the following sections in Willenhall
Through the Ages: Public
Houses, Life in the
19th Century, The
Development of Local Government, and
Religion and Churches.
November 18: A memory of E. H. Burton
and Sons, ironmongers, has been added to
Recent Times in
A Brief History of Darlaston,
and additions have been made to the
history of Rubery Owen.
The story of Caldmore Green Picture House, and the Empire Cinema in Freer
Street has been added to
Into the 20th Century
in
The Story of Walsall, and a
photo has been added to Recent
Times. The story of
J. Brockhouse &
Company Limited and the Brockhouse Group, in the museum
Engineering Hall
has been extended. A
new addition to The Annals of
Tipton is the story of Tipton's
roads and railways. A copy of
the L.D.V. By-Van and
Tri-Van service manual has been added to the
L.D.V. section in the museum transport hall,
and a copy of the
specifications and the service instructions for a D.M.W. Bambi scooter has
been added to the
D.M.W. story,
also in the museum transport hall.
Additions have also been made to the following sections in The
History of Wednesbury: The
Growth of the Town and
Into the 21st Century. St.
Peter's Medieval Chancel has been added to the
religion menu in
history in the community and
the articles menu.
October 18: A
George Cheadle lock has
been added to the Gazetteer
of Lock and Key Makers. A new addition to The Growth of the Town in The
History of Wednesbury is the
Wednesbury entry in Harrison,
Harrod and Company's 1861 Directory and Gazetteer of Staffordshire,
along with several adverts from 1861. A
police service menu
has been added to the
services hall in
the exhibition, along
with an article about PC James Jones.
The following sections in
A Brief History of Darlaston
have been updated: Local
Government, Notable
19th Century Darlastonians,
Rubery Owen, and Rubery Owen The
Early Years. The story of the
Darlaston Iron Bridge and
Roofing Company, and The Bridge and Roofing Company has been added to
the Darlaston Industries
section. Additions have also been made to
Star commercial vehicles
in the museum transport hall. A lovely photo of Shannon's Mill has been added
to the industries section in
The Story of Walsall, and
photos have been added to the pubs
section.
The story of
John Bagnall and Sons Limited
has been added to the
Industries section in The
History of Wednesbury, and the story of
Cornelius Whitehouse has
been extended.
September 18: A section about
Captain J. S. Irving
has been added to
After the War in the story of
Sunbeam cars. A new
addition to the Darlaston
listed buildings section is
All Saints' Church
in Walsall Road. The story of
Churches and Religion has been added to
The Annals of Tipton along
with the story of local canals.
Additions have been made to the story of
Sydney Guy in
Lives of Local People, to the
story of Bean Cars and
Bean lorries
in the museum transport hall,
to the Arrival and Reception in
Queen Victoria's Visit to
Wolverhampton, and to the story of the
Patent Shaft and Axletree
Company in the industries section
in The
History of Wednesbury. Photos have been added to the following sections in the Gazetteer
of Lock and Key Makers:
Chubb,
George Price, Richard M.
Lord, Arthur H. Moss,
Thomas Skidmore & Son, and Stephen Cox & Son Limited.
The section about clock
making in Darlaston,
in
A Brief History of Darlaston
has been extended. Details of the
2018 Turner Wolverhampton Reunion have been added to the
rallies section in the museum transport hall.
August 18: The story of
Stafford Road
Gasworks in part eight of
Industries Alongside the
BCN has been extended. A photo has been added to the
story of King's Hill School
in
A Brief History of Darlaston,
and the story of Herbert's Park Colliery and Ironworks has been added to
Early Growth.
The S.T.D. section in
the story of Sunbeam cars
in the museum transport hall
has also been extended. The
naming of Thomas Parker Drive has been added to the
Thomas Parker section in
the museum's Electrical
and Electronic Engineering Hall. The
History of Mander Brothers in
the Museum entrance hall has been
divided into sections and greatly updated. New sections include
The Early Years,
Wednesfield Works,
John Street Works,
Heath Town Works,
Charles Bassett's Memories, and
Sports and Social Activities. An
addition has been made to the Mills
section in Bushbury
Parish and People, and the story of the
A.J.S. building in Retreat Street, in the
A.J.S.
factories section has been extended. The following sections in Willenhall
Through the Ages have been updated:
The Development of
Local Government, and
Into The 20th Century.
July 18: Additions have been made to the following sections in
Guy commercial vehicles
in the museum transport hall:
The Early
Inter-War Years,
Into The 1930s,
World War 2,
The Post
War Years,
The Final Chapter, and
Industrial
Relations and the Welfare Club. Additions have also been made to the
following sections in
Guy buses in the museum transport hall:
The Early Inter-War
Years, Into The
1930s, World War
2, The Post War
Years, The Final
Chapter, and
Industrial Relations and the Welfare Club. The
Guy cars section in the museum transport hall
has also been updated. The story of the
Rev. Octavius
F. Walton in
Lives of Local People has been updated. Additions have been made to the
following sections in the
list of bicycle
manufacturers in the museum transport hall:
Joseph Devey & Company,
and Humber & Company
Limited. A new addition to both the
articles menu and the
Tettenhall menu is The
history of Tettenhall Wood House - 1833 to 1969. Additions have been
made to the story of
Viking Cycles in the museum
transport hall. New links have been added to the
links page which has also been updated.
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