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The Black Country Dialect in the Cradley Heath Area

Manley, Sandra

1971

M.A. dissertation on the Black Country dialect as it is spoken in and around Cradley Heath, with particular focus on the vocabularies of the hand-made nail and chain trades. Three chapters describe th...

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Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link

Langhorne, Richard

1973

Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker hammering in the central bar of the chain link. Mounted on Photo File card. With ms...

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Chainmakers' Forge

Langhorne, Richard

1973

General view of the forge at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). Hammer, or Tommy, an anvil and a finished link cooling off, are visible. Mounted on Photo File ca...

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Chainmakers' Forge

Langhorne, Richard

1973

View of the forge at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands), showing chainmaker taking a bar of iron out to be bent into chain links. Mounted on Photo File card with ...

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Chainmakers' Forge: Anvil

Langhorne, Richard

1973

Anvil used for making large chains, with a freshly finished link, at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The photograph is of rather poor quality. Mounted on Phot...

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Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link

Langhorne, Richard

1973

Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is hand hammering the new chain link in its final forging. Mounted on Photo File ca...

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Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link

Langhorne, Richard

1973

Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is hand hammering the new chain link in its final forging. Mounted on Photo File ca...

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Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link

Langhorne, Richard

1973

Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is using the Tommy (forge hammer) for the final forging of the chain link. Mounted ...

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Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link

Langhorne, Richard

1973

Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is using the Tommy (forge hammer) for the final forging of the chain link. Mounted ...

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Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Large Chain

Langhorne, Richard

1973

Two chainmakers working on long chains at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). One holds the chain in tongs, whilst the other uses a hammer, or Tommy, to close a l...

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Chainmakers' Forge

Langhorne, Richard

1973

General view of the forge at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands), with chainmaker at work. A water tank stands behind the chainmaker for keeping his tools cool. Ba...

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Chainmakers' Forge: Making a Link

Langhorne, Richard

1973

Chainmaker making a link at Noah Bloomer & Sons chainmakers, Cradley Heath, Sandwell (West Midlands). The chainmaker is bending a new link prior to forging it closed with the Tommy (forge hammer) usin...

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