Griffin-Woodhouse Ltd., chain manufacturing, Woods Lane, Cradley Heath
D-EXP/P/I40/252 29 Oct 1963 Wolverhampton Archives
Mr G. W. Adams overseeing a butt welding machine operator joining chain links.
D-EXP/P/I40/252 29 Oct 1963 Wolverhampton Archives
Mr G. W. Adams overseeing a butt welding machine operator joining chain links.
D-EXP/P/I40/250 10 Feb 1964 Wolverhampton Archives
Irene Coley operating an electric welding machine.
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.
D-EXP/P/C119/3 30 Jan 1974 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows John Brian Williams making chains.
D-EXP/P/C119/5 30 Jan 1974 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows chainmakers and hearths.
D-EXP/P/C119/4 30 Jan 1974 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows chainmaker Vernon Bloomer working on a stud chain.
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.
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.
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.
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.