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Hackett’s, chainmakers

D-EXP/P/I40/250 10 Feb 1964 Wolverhampton Archives

Irene Coley operating an electric welding machine.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.