A hot plate levelling and roller straightening machine that was being supplied to Krupp of West Germany, to be installed at the Egyptian Iron and Steel Company mill at Hadisolb near Cairo.

The name of the site changed from Stewarts & Lloyds (which came within the Northern and Tubes Group) to Bilston Iron and Steelworks.

For the second week running, the open hearth plant’s steel ingot production reached record levels. The photograph shows the coggin mill being conttrolled by Mr G. Lowe and Mr A. Fellows.

The photograph shows a Boulton and Watt beam engine built in 1817 that was used for blowing blast furnaces. James Watt is mentioned.

The firm closed its pig iron foundry and invested in a modern foundry complex. The photograph shows a workman using a large boring machine. Ray Durman is quoted.

The article details the history of the company, including a recent expansion into purpose-built warehousing and offices. The photograph shows Sidney (right) and Derek Genner. Gordon Genner is also mentioned.

After a personal plea to Bill Sirs of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) by Jim Doig at the TUC conference in Brighton, striking miners received a donation of cash and food. The Cannock Chase Miners Hardship Fund is mentioned.

The photograph shows a view through the wrought iron railings of the bridge, showing the site of te old baths, with the telephone exchange on the left the the Pennycroft flats at Riverway in the centre.

The men had been caught by South Staffordshire soldiers trying to slip through the Iron Curtain, and had been set to perform compulsory labour tasks as punishment. Lieutenant D. C. Bunce from Dudley can be seen supervising them.

The shelter had two layers of corrugated iron lining the roof and sides in a ground floor bathroom.