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Bomb damage, Bridgnorth

D-EXP/P/W95B/26 29 Aug 1940 Wolverhampton Archives

Men, mostly in steel helmets, climbing ladders to reach the attic of a badly damaged house.

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Walsall Technical College

D-EXP/P/W95W/13 7 Feb 1941 Wolverhampton Archives

Mrs B. M. Wright advising two of the trainee munitions workers on steel turning.

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Arley Ferry, River Severn

D-EXP/P/A8/2 30 Jul 1970 Wolverhampton Archives

Work was under way to build a footbridge across the river, so that visitors would not have to wait for the ferry. Mr W. R. Thomson is quoted, and Worcestershire County Council is mentioned. A later article states that the work on the footbridge had been h

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Wolverhampton Civic Centre

D-EXP/P/B36/71 5 Mar 1980 Wolverhampton Archives

West Midlands County Council, Wolverhampton Council, British Steel and the Common Market unveiled a multi-million pound plan to bring back jobs lost when British Steel shut its plant in Bilston, including building an industrial estate. The photograph show

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Five Ways and Robert Street, Lower Gornal

D-EXP/P/G16/6 7 Feb 1980 Wolverhampton Archives

Shopkeepers were calling for action over a dangerous junction after steel fell from a lorry and smashed into a shop. Arthur Smart of Ruiton Street is quoted, and the photograph shows Doreen Walters next to her damaged shop.

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British Steel, Round Oak Steelworks, Brierley Hill

D-EXP/P/I32/425 22 Dec 1982 Wolverhampton Archives

Twice the usual number of workers came to witness the last firing of the two giant furnaces. The photograph shows Joe Jones (seated centre front) with colleagues.