Round oak steelworks 1984 book

Personnel records within the collection include wages books, giving employees names and detailing the work they had done on a weekly basis, dating back to. Book or magazine covers, commercial, promotional, advertorial, endorsement, advertising, or merchandising purposes in any media e. The share capital of that company was purchased with public money. Around 1,300 employees were made redundant, and the closure was seen locally as the end of an era for brierley hill. Round oak was once a steelworks with a fleet of early yorkshire diesels. It was developed between 1985 and 1990, with several expansion and renovation projects taking place since. Dbs class 66, 66230 crosses station road, brierley hill. It is manifestly clear that a similar situation now applies at round oak steelworks, and i shall defend those steelworks tonight. The eckhart branch railroad is a railroad that operated in the cumberland, maryland area in the 19th century. Another view of level street, brierley hill from 1984. Old english furniture division 1 the oak period 15001630 garside, j. The back of round oak steelworks showing the plant that processed the waste steel slag dudley museums service. Round oak electrical limited was founded by three round oak steelworks electricians following the closure of the local steelworks in 1983 with over 30 years of experience and knowledge we are now experts in industrial and commercial electrical installations. Round oak steelworks is awaiting demolition, soon to be relpaced by the merry hill centre and waterfront complex.

Horse cart antique stove vintage horse back in time 18th century old photos bing images transportation delivery. Later the round oak steelworks were an important steel production plant in brierley hill, west midlands formerly staffordshire, england during the industrial revolution, the majority of ironmaking in the world was carried out within 32 kilometres of round oak. There are 12 photograph albums containing images of the works, taken by the works. To the right, the train is passing through the site of brierley hill station, opened in 1858 and closed in 1962. Cookie notice we use cookies to enable an improved browsing experience, and to share information with our marketing partners. Personnel records within the collection include wages books, giving employees names and. It was closed down in the and the large site it occupied is now the waterfront and the merry hill shopping centre. It was founded in 1857 by lord ward, who later became, in 1860, the 1st earl of dudley, as an outlet for pig iron made in the nearby blast furnaces. Catalogue of the records of the the historical metallurgy society. Early oak furniture, metalwork and works of art on. The company merged with koninklijke hoogovens to form corus group in 1999. Updates 040318 uk railway datafile railway books for.

It was founded by lord ward, later the earl of dudley in 1857 as an outlet for pig iron made in the nearby. A thaw in john street, brierley hill dudley museums service. West bromwich bus station before it moved to its new site in 2002 off the ring road. Although the time scale is 1086 a little longer, the situation is the samethe purchase of round oak with the intention of closing it and removing. Round oak steelworks was subsequently cleared and used as the site for the merry hill shopping centre. Round oak steelworks is awaiting demolition, soon to be relpaced by the merry hill centre and waterfront. Merry hill shopping centre academic dictionaries and. The merry hill centre officially intu merry hill is a shopping mall in brierley hill near dudley, england. This video of the round oak has had over 50,000 views. The earl of dudleys round oak works, castle mill, dudley. Photo by birmingham post and mail archivemirrorpixgetty images.

The book also lists users of our products in the united kingdom, and the long list includes names such as applebyfrodingham, british rail, consett iron, dorman long, gkn, imi, lysaghts, patent shaft, round oak, royal ordnance, stewarts and lloyds, ukea, vickers armstrong and. Brendan hawthorne was employed to run three round oak reminiscence days at artspace. Westfield merry hill is a shopping centre in brierley hill near dudley, west midlands, england. These oral history recordings form an important part of the social history of brierley hill and are now deposited in dudley archives. Level street, brierley hill, 1984 another view of level street, brierley hill from 1984. This unfortunately spelt the end for the old inn as well and the last pints were drawn. The round oak steelworks was an important steel production plant in brierley hill, west. Replaces default alphabetic glyphs with the corresponding ordinal forms for use after figures. Appeal after round oak steelworks ministers asbestos. Two railwaysroutes served the station originally the oxford, worcester and. Twenty years on and it had become a steel stockholder depot as busman says, and was a subsidiary of a firm called insulated structures ltd at scunthorpe. Steel at brierley hill the story of round oak steel works. East side of high street, 1960 stourbridge, photo, towns. In 1890, earl of dudley william ward built a steelmaking plant at his 15acre round oak iron works, which would become one of the areas most familiar landmarks until its demolition in 1984.

In 1948 he joined the board of round oak steelworks founded as the earl of dudleys round oak works in 1897, of which his father was chairman. The story of round oak steel works by knox, collie and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The round oak steelworks was an important steel production plant in brierley hill, west midlands formerly staffordshire, england. Brierley hill blog page 11 a notice board for brierley.

Fourteen exworkers took part, and shared their memories and stories about the steel works. The round oak name was sold to peerless furnace, who continued to make repair parts for furnaces and stoves. It originated from the nationalised british steel corporation bsc, formed in 1967 which was privatised as a public limited company, british steel plc in 1988. It comes after fatheroftwo roger burgess, aged 58, died after asbestos exposure which was linked to the former round oak steelworks in brierley hill. When i first visited it had become a bulk distribution depot and had a massive store of grain. It was closed down in the 1980s and the large site it occupied is now the waterfront and the merry hill shopping centre. New blast furnace and ebbw vale steelworks see more. The best website for free highquality steelworks book fonts, with 28 free steelworks book fonts for immediate download, and 3 professional steelworks book fonts for the best price on the web. Adjacent to the main shopping centre is a marina called the waterfront. Personnel records within the collection include wages books, giving employees names and detailing the work they had done on a weekly basis, dating back to 1866.

The round oak steelworks were an important steel production plant in brierley hill, west midlands, england. Level street, brierley hill, 1984 another view of level st flickr. Round oak steelworks, brierley hill, west midlands, 17th. Round oak steel works in 1984 just prior to demolition to make way for the merry hill shopping centre. British steel historic culture wikia fandom powered. The collection contains many interesting and unique photographs of round oak steel works. Well known manufacturing plant round oak steelworks closes down after 125 years in december with the loss of 1,300 jobs directly and many hundreds more indirectly. Other unclassified places around brierley, hill, united, kingdom. Memories of round oak fantastic video this is a fantastic video of round oak steelworks, taken in 1984, not long before it was demolished to make way for the waterfront business park. Round oak steel works was finally closed on 23rd december 1982, after 125 years of operation. It was opened in 1852 to serve the town of brierley hill.

This is a fantastic video of round oak steelworks, taken in 1984, not long before it was demolished to make way for the waterfront business park. How do i determine the year of an old round oak chief. Round oak steel works reminiscence brierley hillness. At round oak steelworks in brierley hill andrew barclay 040st billy sends a thick pall of smoke over level street as it crosses the road with crucible 23, guarding the crossing is the duty flagman. I had to pop out from work today to see a local subcontractor, so took the opportunity to see what was on the round oak. The round oak steelworks was an important steel production plant in. Steelworks is a headline font based on lettering on a plaque of the henry avenue forge in winnipeg, manitoba, canada. It was developed between 1985 and 1990, with several subsequent expansion and renovation projects. When round oak steel works closed the site was designated as the dudley round oak enterprise zone in 1984 and merry hill shopping centre was one of the new developments. Memories of round oak fantastic video brierley hill blog.

Steel works locos page 2 uk standard gauge industrial. After a brief conversion to bedsits, the historical building sat unused for 15 years until 20. The video is embedded from the only way is dudley facebook site, and may take a second or two to load. Round oak steelworks, brierley hill, west midlands, 17th november 1982. The centre has over 250 shops, a separate retail park, cinema, food hall and tenthousand parking spaces. The round oak iron works were built in 1857 at round oak, brierley hill, under the direction of richard smith, the earl of dudleys principal agent. British steel plc was a major british steel producer. It had been vandalised, set alight, stripped of its. Round oak railway station was a station on the oxfordworcesterwolverhampton line.