In 1969 during a strike by ISTC technical branch staff, a frying pan went missing and it did not reappear until the closure of the works. Bill Sirs, the Iron and Steel Trades Confederations and the Express & Star are mentioned, and the photograph shows la

Walsall Council had ruled that an iron gate blocking a public right of way in Victory Lane, from Armstrong Drive to Reedswood Park, had to be taken down. Michael Barrett of Reedswood Residents’ Association is quoted. The photograph shows Malcolm (left) wi

Workers were racing avainst time to repair the cast-iron Victoria bridge at Arley in time for the start of the new season. Alun Rees is quoted, and Robert Powell and English Heritage are mentioned. The photograph shows Glyn Cotterill on the bridge.

About 300 members came from the West Midlands to volunteer for maintenance work on the railway. Kenneth Fenton of Heath Lane in Stourbridge, Midland Iron at Cradley Heath, Dudley Councillor Mercia Fenton, Caroline Fenton, Ralph Russell of Birch Coppice in

The Cup tie took place between Cannon Iron Foundries of Coseley versus Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds of Wednesbury, and GKN won the match. The team on the photograph is presumed to be GKN. In the front of the stands on the far right are 11-year-old Edith and

Ernest was attacked by a drunken man, Kenneth Scotter, with an iron cross as he visited his wife’s grave in Stafford Cemetery, and it was only the thought of his six daughters who kept him alive. His daughter Lorraine is quoted.

Les Walklate of the Chains Inn paid a 5p a year ring rate to Stafford Corporation for an iron ring which was lifted to deliver beer into the cellars, and he questioned whether the postage etc was worth it.

The Environment Ministry had included the church’s ancient iron gates in a list of items of special historical interest to the town, and church officials were trying to trace their history. The Reverend Graham Smallwood is quoted. The photograph shows Deb

Fourteen people pose in front of two houses damaged by a bomb. In front of them are the twisted corrugated iron sides and roof of an Anderson shelter that was damaged by a bomb only a few minutes after its inhabitants had left it.

The firm was probably the only firm in the country to still make chains by the side welding method. The photograph shows (left to right) W. Ward, A. Ward and R. Edwards welding the wrought iron link together with a double hafted hammer.