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1968 Brettell Lane Foundry, Grey Iron and Non-ferrous castings.<ref>Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 13 June 1968</ref> | 1968 Brettell Lane Foundry, Grey Iron and Non-ferrous castings.<ref>Birmingham Daily Post - Thursday 13 June 1968</ref> | ||
1968 'Foundry to close early next year. Brettell Lane Foundry Ltd., which made the castings for the Queen Mary and the two Queen Elizabeths and the Royal Yacht Britannia, is to be closed on January 31, 1980. [[F. H. Lloyd]], the controlling group, states that the closure is due to the desperate state of the trade in general engineering. The business from Brettell Lane Foundry is to be transferred to Glazebrook Foundry. Dudley. The staff - fewer than 50 - will be given a month's notice on January 3.'<ref>Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 06 December 1968</ref> | 1968 'Foundry to close early next year. Brettell Lane Foundry Ltd., which made the castings for the Queen Mary and the two Queen Elizabeths and the Royal Yacht Britannia, is to be closed on January 31, 1980. [[F. H. Lloyd and Co| F. H. Lloyd]], the controlling group, states that the closure is due to the desperate state of the trade in general engineering. The business from Brettell Lane Foundry is to be transferred to Glazebrook Foundry. Dudley. The staff - fewer than 50 - will be given a month's notice on January 3.'<ref>Birmingham Daily Post - Friday 06 December 1968</ref> | ||
1968-69 Ceased trading and dissolved 1976<ref>National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=145-wri&cid=2-4#2-4]</ref>. | 1968-69 Ceased trading and dissolved 1976<ref>National Archives [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=145-wri&cid=2-4#2-4]</ref>. | ||
Latest revision as of 13:47, 27 September 2023
of Brierley Hill
1947 Incorporated
1968 Brettell Lane Foundry, Grey Iron and Non-ferrous castings.[1]
1968 'Foundry to close early next year. Brettell Lane Foundry Ltd., which made the castings for the Queen Mary and the two Queen Elizabeths and the Royal Yacht Britannia, is to be closed on January 31, 1980. F. H. Lloyd, the controlling group, states that the closure is due to the desperate state of the trade in general engineering. The business from Brettell Lane Foundry is to be transferred to Glazebrook Foundry. Dudley. The staff - fewer than 50 - will be given a month's notice on January 3.'[2]
1968-69 Ceased trading and dissolved 1976[3].
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