A giant Dreadnought-type anchor was being built at Belfast for the Canberra liner, which was to be launched by Dame Patti Menzies.

As well as making heavy chains by hand, Ernest Dunn had also won canary championship classes showing birds at Birmingham and Walsall. The photograph also shows Ivor Wentworth (right).

Alice Griffiths using a modern machine.

Mr G. W. Adams overseeing a butt welding machine operator joining chain links.

Irene Coley operating an electric welding machine.

Jackie’s colleagues from the Alliance and Leicester Building Society chained her to a parking meter outside Beatties in Victoria Street, Wolverhampton, in preparation for her marriage. Tommy Burton, Naseby Road in Perton and Goodyear are mentioned.

Paul’s workmates dressed him up in a wig, a wedding dress and a ball and chain, prior to his wedding. Bradford Drive in West Bromwich and Oldbury are mentioned.

Carol’s colleagues at the Stourbridge salon where she works chained her to a shop pillar in the High Street as a pre-wedding joke, but promised to free her in time for her wedding. Long Close in Hagley and Kidderminster are mentioned.

Anvils were removed from the works, to be preserved at Avoncroft Museum in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. The photograph shows Michael Thomas and Tom Gadd with the anvils.