DOCUMENTS & ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH WEST BROMWICH

Many thanks to Terry Howes for the following Letterheads associated with Brockhouse & Co, Hill Top

These Letterheads includes one from Turbo Transmitters of Southport which was bought by J Brockhouse and production was moved to West Bromwich and renamed Brockhouse Engineering

 

 

 Advertisment on Record Sleeve for Bert Shinton c1940s

This was on Al Jolson's 78rpm Anniversary Song from the Jolson Story

Many thanks to our member, John Mason (J.E.M) for the scan

 

West Bromwich Albion Season Ticket 1889-1890 Season

 

 Billheads from Nelsons Garage, 31 Tantany Lane

(Thanks to Mark Nelson for donating the Billheads) 

Some great Billheads from local businesses sent to J. Nelson & Sons in the 1920/30s. The garage has long gone but the building is still there and I have added a photo of the building as it is today

Unused invoice from J. Nelson & Sons Garage c1930s

Frank Guest invoice c1920s

Vowles Bros Invoice 1922 (Vowles was down Bank Street, on the left as you come from Vicarage Rd)

Electromobile Eng Co, High Street (this moved to the corner of Vicarage Rd/Wilford Rd and it is now the Nisa Supermarket) 1933

James Lister & Sons, Queen Street 1920

McArthur Brothers, Paradise Street 1922

George Wearing, Carters Green Foundry & Works 1921

J. Sharratt & Sons, 12 Carters Green

George. H. Kendrick, Beacon Garage, Lower High Street 1932

C. Adams & Sons, Oil & Grease Importers, 45 Carters Green

Albion Iron Works Billhead and Envelope, sent to Hull in 1847

Tom Carrington Lyndon Tool Works Advert  c1940s

 

  BROWN'S FURNISHERS, 240 HIGH STREET,  RECEIPT 1953

HILL & LONG 312 TO 314 HIGH STREET, RECEIPT 1958

Hill & Long were an established furniture dealers that were on the High Street for years, and local people remember the many glass windows leading into the stores, the shop closed in 1987 

Cover sent to Lyne (Or should it be Lyng ?) West Bromwich in 1841. Maltese Cross Postmark across a 1d Black Stamp with a red Paid West Bromwich Postmark on the back

Swan Village Train Station painted by John Crompton  Thanks to John for letting me have permission to show the painting on here. He wants some help in finding the right colours for the footbridge and wooden buildings, please get in touch if you can remember what they were

This painting shows, engine number 6866 "Morfa Grange" at Swan Village station

2 Page Adverts, James G Dunham, Bert Shinton, J. E. Bagnall, Peter Simpson etc 1941

Taken from St Philip's Church Parish Magazine 1941 (Thanks to Alan for the Magazine)

A rare and original print taken from the Building News, February 13 1885 showing the New Printing and Publishing Offices  including ground plans & views of The Managers House & the 'Cosy' in the Dining Room for the Free Press Co (Kenrick & Jefferson Ltd)....Architects ~ Wood & Kendrick (Thanks to Architectural Gems of Warminster for the print)

Sent from K&J to James McCaig & Sons, Wool Merchants in Galashiels (Thanks to Dennis from Hawick, Roxburghshire for the Billhead)