'Out work'

[Morturn]

I would say your quite correct Bob. There were some houses that did have the chain/nail making forge in the back garden. In the Black Country Museum, there is a brass foundry with a pit furnace in a back garden of a back to back house.

 

[cba]

Avoncroft buildings museum in Bromsgrove also has some chain making and nail making buildings that have been moved to there and reconstructed. A fascinating open air museum.

 

[John Ben]

Finally fired, mounted and framed. Just need to wait until I can get to see the archives and see if I can find any information on Old Mill as it appears as an address on the 1851 census.

 

[Penns]

I appreciate that the title of this images is chain making, but nail making was done in exactly the same. Its quite a nice historical context.View attachment 153201

That is a truly amazing picture you have posted! Any idea on location and whether those buildings were purpose built for manufacture or were just out of use farm buildings perhaps? I used to visit Palmers Chain in that area, it was a privilege to go into the factory and it was said they made the anchor chain for the Titanic!

 

[Morturn]

That is a truly amazing picture you have posted! Any idea on location and whether those buildings were purpose built for manufacture or were just out of use farm buildings perhaps? I used to visit Palmers Chain in that area, it was a privilege to go into the factory and it was said they made the anchor chain for the Titanic!

I only know it maybe Cradley Heath. It seems a lot of nail making shops were based there. Quarry Bank is a place often associated with nail making. It’s bit hard to say if they were purpose built, I suspect some were and other were possibly adapted outhouses.

 

[Pedrocut]

I've seen the picture before and here on Simon Briercliffe's Blog, Up the Os Road.

“Slums” of the Black Country: Anvil Yard, Cradley Heath

Not far from the Lye Waste lies the ancient manor of Cradley. At the first talk I gave at Wolverhampton Art Gallery in the summer, somebody mentioned to me that I ought to check out Anvil Yard. It …

simonbriercliffe.com

 

[Richard Dye]

I have completed my tile panel in memory of my Dudley nail making ancestors. I have now discovered that two of my Great Aunts were also nail makers. As well as my Great Grandmother. The map is from the 19th Century. The drawings are based on old drawings found online. I have applied for copyright to base my drawings on the originals, But only found one owner. That being Sedgley Manor. As yet they haven't responded.

Outstanding work John...........A very important part of history & yours!