Tractor shovels outside the factory awaiting shipment to Burma for their timber industry.

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

Angela Stokes demonstrates a treasure chest that the company wants to lend out for Christmas pantomimes or parties. Derek Thorpe is quoted.

A BBC camera crew during a filming session for a “Man Alive” auto-theft programme.

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

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 firm was planning to treble their export figures by 1992. Terry Self is quoted, and France, Germany, Holland and Australia are mentioned. The photograph shows the factory floor.

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

First birthday of the company under new ownership as part of the Birmingham group, Valor. John Fairs is quoted. Previous owners were Scovill Manufacturing Company of America.