Narrow Your Search

All Records

Search Results for: tarmac

Thumbnail image

Civil Defence Headquarters, Whitmore Reans

D-EXP/P/C104/1 19 Oct 1951 Wolverhampton Archives

Webbing bands being used to raise a casualty on to a stretcher. Tarmac had been dug up from Queen Square to make exercises more realistic.

Thumbnail image

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.

Thumbnail image

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.

Thumbnail image

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.

Thumbnail image

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.

Thumbnail image

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.

Thumbnail image

British Steel, Bilston Steelworks

D-EXP/P/I32/264 5 Jun 1986 Wolverhampton Archives

The proposed dismantling of a crane by Tarmac, the new owners of the site,was condemned by the Labour Party, including Spring Vale Labour Councillor Alan Garner.

Thumbnail image

Tarmac Richardson Developments, Fort Dunlop

D-EXP/P/I32/379 - CHANGE REF 16 Aug 1989 Wolverhampton Archives

The Don and Roy Richardson consortium planned to turn the tyre plant into a business, industry and shopping complex near Spaghetti Junction.

Thumbnail image

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.

Thumbnail image

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).