Girl welding small machine-made chain links by an electrical process
D-EXP/P/W95W/49 3 Apr 1944 Wolverhampton Archives
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Chainmaking
D-EXP/P/C119 Aug 1970 - Sep 1992 Wolverhampton Archives
Cradley Chain Works, Halesowen, Dudley
D-EXP/P/C119/2 3 Aug 1970 Wolverhampton Archives
Anvils were removed from the works, to be preserved at Avoncroft Museum in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. The photograph shows Michael Thomas and Tom Gadd with the anvils.
Noah Bloomer and Sons Limited, Oak Street, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, Dudley
D-EXP/P/C119/3 30 Jan 1974 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows John Brian Williams making chains.
Noah Bloomer and Sons Limited, Oak Street, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, Dudley
D-EXP/P/C119/5 30 Jan 1974 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows chainmakers and hearths.
Noah Bloomer and Sons Limited, Oak Street, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, Dudley
D-EXP/P/C119/4 30 Jan 1974 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows chainmaker Vernon Bloomer working on a stud chain.
Mushroom Green chain shop, Netherton, Dudley
D-EXP/P/C119/6 7 Jan 1977 Wolverhampton Archives
The shop was re-quipped by the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. The photograph shows Clarrie Johnson demonstrating how to make chains during a visit by Mayor Councillor Dennis Harty.
Mushroom Green chain shop, Netherton, Dudley
D-EXP/P/C119/7 2 Feb 1977 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows Mayor Councillor Dennis Harty having a go at chainmaking, with Clarrie Johnson alongside.
Cradley Heath, Sandwell
D-EXP/P/C119/8 3 Apr 1977 Wolverhampton Archives
Business in the chainmaking trade was being generated by North Sea oil. The photograph shows chainmaker Isaiah Preston with a master link assembly.
Griffin Woodhouse, Cradley Heath, Sandwell
D-EXP/P/C119/9 3 Sep 1977 Wolverhampton Archives
Chainmaker Laurence Harris had carried on his family’s tradition by working at the firm for 61 years, for which he was rewarded with a television set.