Exterior of modern lock making plant.

A tall stack of food product cartons being dealt with by the company’s electric fork lift trucks.

Two female employees. “Maggie” is written on the rear of the photograph.

An employee operating a new computer-controlled production centre for profile cylinder mortice locks.

The photograph shows Mr F. Lewis explaining how the export drive was maintained to visitors from Tilburg.

Paintings by Brian Yale showed the battlefields as they appeared contemporaneously, alongside photographs of the battles. The photograph shows Gillian Shepherd (left) and Ryan Gewar from Wolverhampton Polytechnic viewing one of the paintings.

Five directors were celebrating their long service, including Geoff Smith. The Yale Mechanical Handling Group is mentioned, and the photograph shows an employee loading lock components on to custom-made jigs in readiness for final plating.

The photograph shows Debbie Gates, Dean Pugh, Kim Pugh, Malcolm Dyas and Mick Ryder. Caterpillar, Yale and Lansing are mentioned.

The firm launched three additions to its range.The photograph shows Brian Harris (left) and Duncan Horton..

Iraq had placed a large order for locks with the firm, to be used in their house building programme. Geoffrey Smith (left) is seen giving final instructions to two of the drivers setting off for Baghdad.