Other businesses. in the town.
John Baker removals. Dudley road.
This removals firm was run by John Baker and then by his son, Jack. The office was on Dudley road and the warehouse for storing customer items between moves was just around the corner in Byrne road.
Sievewrights, car & vehicle repairs,
Their motto was "you can't tell a sievewrights job, thats the beauty of it".
Frank Glover, Engine rebuilders, Horseley fields.
M & B brewery, Cambridge street, the Wolverhampton home of Mitchell and Butlers, the building closed in the late 80's or early 90's and was then involved, like so many places in our town, in a mystery fire in which some parts of the building, but not all was damaged.
Banks's Brewery, Chapel Ash. Still going this one (thank heavens) although it recently had a name change to Marstons. Home of Banks's mild and bitter.
F.Jennings & son, Funeral directors, Horseley fields. A long established family business in the town, still going strong today.
Sun Street Garage, Sun street. One of the most well known "local garages" in the town. They would repair anything.
James baker, bootmakers, Cleveland road. The Baker shoe making family were well known in the town, making high class boots and shoes.
Whiteheads printers, Snow hill. A well known family firm of printers, selling not only printers but stationery and writing equipment.
Turner manufacturing,
Once a car maker, they later concentrated on gearboxes for the auto industry. Once one of the largest employers in the town, the firm was taken over by the Caterpiller group and relocated to a new site in Racecourse road.
The Villiers, Villiers street
Makers of motorcycle and other two stroke engines. The factory finally closed some years ago and was broken down into individual units.
the Ever ready.
makers of all sizes of batteries at their Park lane plant, from AAA upwards, this factory was renown for its mostly female workforce that for some reason had the power to instill fear inti the most brave of men. They made batteries not just under their own name but for other battery makers. The company also had premises in Horseley fields.
Midland counties Dairies
Located on the corner of Penn Road and Lea road, this blue and white tiled building was a small boys delight, as the bus passed you could look inside and see the bottling plant in full flow. Bottles would whizz along at a rate of knots on their way to be filled. Today the site is a Macdonalds.
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