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Bilston Iron and steel works

D-EXP/P/I32/401 25 Sep 1974 Wolverhampton Archives

There were fears that the works might close under British Steel Corporation rationalisation plans.

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Birchley Rolling Mills, Oldbury

D-EXP/P/I32/64 28 May 1976 Wolverhampton Archives

Closure of the mills. The British Steel Corporation and the First World War are mentioned. The photograph shows Joe Washington measuring the last steel, watched by George Murphy.

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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