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Tarmac, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/I44/193 6 Dec 1990 Wolverhampton Archives

The firm planned to market Christmas cards shaped like Christmas trees made out of recycled paper. The GAIA Foundation is mentioned, and the photograph shows John Thorpe.

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The Droveway, Pendeford Rise

D-EXP/P/P116/3 24 Mar 1988 Wolverhampton Archives

More than ten acres of council-owned land had been sold at auction for £2.1 million, a saleroom record, to McLean Homes. Brian Wilson and Tarmac are mentioned. The image is a plan of the site.

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Patent Shaft, steel works, Leabrook Road, Wednesbury

D-EXP/P/I45/70 10 Aug 1988 Wolverhampton Archives

The start of open-cast mining on the former steelworks site by British Coal. The Richardson Brothers of Oldbury and Tarmac of Wolverhampton are mentioned.

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Hailstone Quarry, Springfield, Rowley Hills

D-EXP/P/Q2/14 29 Apr 1975 Wolverhampton Archives

Tarmac had purchased a sprayer to squirt water into the quarry and avoid dust being blown into neighbouring homes and schools. The River Tame is mentioned. The photograph shows John Horsnall and Alun Hughes with the sprayer in action in the background.

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Ring Road, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/W1R/41 7 Jan 1974 Wolverhampton Archives

An office block built for Artagen Properties at the junction of Waterloo Road would be occupied by Tarmac Ltd.

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Ring Road, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/W1R/44 24 Jan 1983 Wolverhampton Archives

Part of the road from Waterloo Road to Stafford Street was closed off as scaffolding on the side of the Tarmac Roadstone House building was threatening to collapse.

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Ring Road, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/W1R/45 c. 1983 Wolverhampton Archives

The road had to be closed from Waterloo Road to Stafford Street as scaffolding on the side of the Tarmac Roadstone House building was threatening to collapse.

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Guy Avenue, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/W1G/27 3 Dec 1984 Wolverhampton Archives

Councillor Arthur Steventon called for a crackdown on vandalism after Council houses were attacked. Tarmac is mentioned.

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Darlington Street, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/W1D/10 11 May 1976 Wolverhampton Archives

New office units would be available over shops being updated by the Tarmac Group. This photograph includes the premises of Joseph Perks Ltd.

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Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton

D-EXP/P/W52/41 30 Jun 1977 Wolverhampton Archives

The photograph shows a mix of modern and Victorian buildings, including the skyscraper Tarmac building (bottom right) and the Darlington Street Methodist Church (top, centre).