Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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of Osier Bed Works, Lower Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton.(1977)
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1972 [[British Steel]] made an agreement with private sector [[Firth Brown|Thomas Firth and John Brown]] to rationalise stainless steel operations by taking over the rolling of strip and plate; [[Firth Brown|Thomas Firth and John Brown]] would retain the [[Firth-Vickers]] company<ref>The Times, 3 May 1972</ref>.
1972 [[British Steel]] made an agreement with private sector [[Firth Brown|Thomas Firth and John Brown]] to rationalise stainless steel operations by taking over the rolling of strip and plate; [[Firth Brown|Thomas Firth and John Brown]] would retain the [[Firth-Vickers Stainless Steels|Firth-Vickers]] company<ref>The Times, 3 May 1972</ref>.


1985 [[British Steel]]'s Tinsley Park special steels complex included the [[Tinsley Park Steelworks|Tinsley Park works]], the [[Stocksbridge Engineering Steels|Stocksbridge Works]] and [[Aldwarke Works]]<ref>The Times Mar. 29, 1985</ref>
1985 [[British Steel]]'s Tinsley Park special steels complex included the [[Tinsley Park Steelworks|Tinsley Park works]], the [[Stocksbridge Engineering Steels|Stocksbridge Works]] and [[Aldwarke Works]]<ref>The Times Mar. 29, 1985</ref>

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of Osier Bed Works, Lower Horseley Fields, Wolverhampton.(1977)

1972 British Steel made an agreement with private sector Thomas Firth and John Brown to rationalise stainless steel operations by taking over the rolling of strip and plate; Thomas Firth and John Brown would retain the Firth-Vickers company[1].

1985 British Steel's Tinsley Park special steels complex included the Tinsley Park works, the Stocksbridge Works and Aldwarke Works[2]

1987 Put into a JV with GKN, United Engineering Steels

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, 3 May 1972
  2. The Times Mar. 29, 1985