A machine designed and built by Snyder Ltd and developed by Sandvik at Halesowen to speed up the production of commercial vehicles by the Ford Motor Company.

The firm was building an electrical and environmental test centre for its products. The photograph shows Mr K. C. Baggott stacking transformer windings in the tropical chamber.

Within the first six months, the firm had already completed its first export order for a Middle East contract. The photograph shows Geoffrey Lunn with a horizontal storage silo.

The article gives a history of the firm. Monks and Son, Redditch, Garretts Green Lane (Sheldon, Birmingham) and Strawberry Lane (Wolverhampton) are mentioned.

The article gives a history of the firm. Monks and Son, Redditch, Garretts Green Lane (Sheldon, Birmingham) and Stafford are mentioned.

Inside a new wholesale warehouse. The photograph shows Reg Ashwin, his wife Tessa, Arthur Allen, Mary Reeves and Tony Ashwin.

The former Herbert Street goods railway station was adapted to become a warehouse.

One of many companies in the Chubb safety and security group. The photograph shows Champion ladies’ darts player, Vera Turner.

Workers went on strike over a plan to stop Union meetings. The photograph shows Charles B. Barton.

Classical music collector Doris Phillips with squash player Rodney Bunyan.