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Bilston Steelworks, Springvale

D-EXP/P/I32/406 3 May 1979 Wolverhampton Archives

A stamped sample of Bilston’s last steel cast which was sold for charity.

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British Steel Corporation

D-EXP/P/I32/422 2 Oct 1980 Wolverhampton Archives

Wooden props placed at base of a works chimney prior to felling.

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Hughes & Spencer Steel, Stourbridge

D-EXP/P/I28/86 8 Apr 1992 Wolverhampton Archives

The firm was planning to widen its customer base after receiving the BS 5750 quality award. Howard E. Perry of Willenhall is mentioned, and Klaus Wasmuht (right) and Neil Webb are pictured.

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British Steel, Bilston Steelworks

D-EXP/P/I32/263 2 Sep 1979 Wolverhampton Archives

Men who lost their jobs when the Bilston works closed had passed a welding test after retraining, sponsored by the British Steel Corporation, at the Midland Welding School on Wulfrun Industrial Estate, Wolverhampton. Mel Bennion and Clifford Ford are quot

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Patent Shaft, steel works, Leabrook Road, Wednesbury

D-EXP/P/I45/69 29 Feb 1980 Wolverhampton Archives

The firm announced that the works was due to shut, blaming losses, and said it was not connected with a national steel strike. The photograph shows Pat Osborne of Crewe Road, Wednesbury.

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Hulbert of Dudley, scrap metal division

D-EXP/P/I28/91 19 Mar 1981 Wolverhampton Archives

The firm was fighting the recession bby installing equipment to boost output. Denmark is mentioned.

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Lloyds Steel Fabrication, Tipton

D-EXP/P/I43/81 8 Dec 1970 Wolverhampton Archives

Part of the F. H. Lloyd Group, the firm had manufactured steel frames for a hydraulic press producing concrete slabs, which was being installed for at the Building Research Station, Watford.