British Steel, Round Oak Steelworks, Brierley Hill
D-EXP/P/I32/376 2 Apr 1976 Wolverhampton Archives
Conclusion of a modernisation programme. TI is mentioned.
D-EXP/P/I32/376 2 Apr 1976 Wolverhampton Archives
Conclusion of a modernisation programme. TI is mentioned.
D-EXP/P/I32/406 3 May 1979 Wolverhampton Archives
A stamped sample of Bilston’s last steel cast which was sold for charity.
D-EXP/P/I32/422 2 Oct 1980 Wolverhampton Archives
Wooden props placed at base of a works chimney prior to felling.
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.
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
D-EXP/P/I29/167 14 Oct 1981 Wolverhampton Archives
High quality cold-reduced steel blanks produced direct from coil.
D-EXP/P/I30/31 17 Apr 1981 Wolverhampton Archives
Rail wagons used to transport steel tubes from Italy to Brierley Hill. Dunkirk and Harwich are mentioned.
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.
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.
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.