Companies surviving the recession
D-EXP/P/I52/7 12 Jul 1985 Wolverhampton Archives
Old traditions and skills were being built on with new investment. The photograph shows the inside of a factory workshop.
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Unknown Wolverhampton firm
D-EXP/P/I52/1 1960s Wolverhampton Archives
New truck
An Olifier
D-EXP/P/I52/5 18 Dec 1963 Wolverhampton Archives
One of the earliest drop forging machines in use in the Black Country. The photograph belonged to David Etchells (Machinery) Ltd, Darlaston.
Steel foundry
D-EXP/P/I52/8 12 Jul 1985 Wolverhampton Archives
Welding and brazing in the fabricating industries
D-EXP/P/I52/3 20 Mar 1979 Wolverhampton Archives
The Government was increasingly looking to Skillcentres to ensure British industry had sufficiently skilled men and women to produce goods. Chancellor Denis Healey, Government Training Centres and the Training Services Agency are mentioned.
Industry General
D-EXP/P/I52 Dec 1963 - Oct 1985 Wolverhampton Archives
Factory, Powell Street, Park Village, Wolverhampton
D-EXP/P/I52/4 9 Sep 1982 Wolverhampton Archives
The Council claimed that the factory had been built in a residential area without permission, in the garden of Tarsem Singh, to make anoraks.
Builders’ yards with office accommodation and workshops, Titford Road, Oldbury
D-EXP/P/I52/2 20 Jul 1978 Wolverhampton Archives
The properties were being offered for sale by W. Sapcote and Sons Ltd.
Recovery of the manufacturing industry
D-EXP/P/I52/9 29 Oct 1985 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows the inside of a factory workshop.
Signs pointing to a long-awaited upturn
D-EXP/P/I52/6 25 Mar 1985 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph is of a welder with sparks flying.