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Old Hall Tableware Limited, Bloxwich

D-EXP/P/I45/20 14 Oct 1981 Wolverhampton Archives

The article gives a history of the company. The Wiggin family, Salvation Army, the First World War, and Wiggin Chains Limited in Cannock are mentioned. The photograph shows a Super Avon coffee set.

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Wheway Becker, chainmaking, Green Lane, Walsall

D-EXP/P/I30/42 29 Mar 1990 Wolverhampton Archives

Charitable donation from Wheway Becker to Walsall Manor Hospital after the firm prepared to shut down. Mike Ball and the FKI group are mentioned. Nurse Helen Hartram is shown along with some of the workers and one of the special syringe pumps which their

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Hackett’s, chainmakers

D-EXP/P/I40/264 10 Feb 1964 Wolverhampton Archives

Rachel Hickman demonstrating the old way of making chain.

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W. L. Byers and Co., Ltd., chainmakers, Cradley Heath

D-EXP/P/I40/262 5 Apr 1962 Wolverhampton Archives

The firm was probably the only firm in the country to still make chains by the side welding method. The photograph shows (left to right) W. Ward, A. Ward and R. Edwards welding the wrought iron link together with a double hafted hammer.

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British Tayco Chain Co., Ltd., chainmaking, Brierley Hill

D-EXP/P/I40/261 31 Jan 1968 Wolverhampton Archives

Chain cable for an Esso tanker being built at St Nazaire, France. Esso International Group, Japan, German, France, the Euro Group in Birmingham and the Queen Elizabeth II are mentioned.