So many ways to satisfaction : advert issued by the Triplex Foundries Group Ltd., Tipton, Staffordshire : in County Borough of West Bromwich official handbook, c1966
In 1966 a seried of early boundary adjustments int he Black Country area of Staffordshire and Worcestershire saw some smaller municipalities merged into larger, neighbouring authorities. One such amalgamation was that of Tipton into the County Borough of West Bromwich, a borough that also subsumed Wednesbury. Oddly all was to change again in 1974 when West Bromwich became the new Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell.
Anyhow, this change accounts for the reason that the old Tipton concern of Triplex Foundries Group appears in the 1966 edition of the West Bromwich official guide. Triplex had its origins in the 1918/1920 formation of Triplex Foundry to make the Triplex grate and stoves that became a well-known brand. As can be seen, the company expanded over time to become effectively a holding company for numerous allied subidiary companies, mostly connected with the old Black Country 'metal bashing' trades. This Group had been set up in 1961 and in 1987 they merged to form Triplex Lloyd. Some elements of the Group do still, I think survive, through further amalgamations and disposals in the Doncasters castings group.
The advert takes the form of an old style signpost, usingt he 'ways' metaphor, and lists the 12 subsidiaries all of whom have local addresses.
So many ways to satisfaction : advert issued by the Triplex Foundries Group Ltd., Tipton, Staffordshire : in County Borough of West Bromwich official handbook, c1966
In 1966 a seried of early boundary adjustments int he Black Country area of Staffordshire and Worcestershire saw some smaller municipalities merged into larger, neighbouring authorities. One such amalgamation was that of Tipton into the County Borough of West Bromwich, a borough that also subsumed Wednesbury. Oddly all was to change again in 1974 when West Bromwich became the new Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell.
Anyhow, this change accounts for the reason that the old Tipton concern of Triplex Foundries Group appears in the 1966 edition of the West Bromwich official guide. Triplex had its origins in the 1918/1920 formation of Triplex Foundry to make the Triplex grate and stoves that became a well-known brand. As can be seen, the company expanded over time to become effectively a holding company for numerous allied subidiary companies, mostly connected with the old Black Country 'metal bashing' trades. This Group had been set up in 1961 and in 1987 they merged to form Triplex Lloyd. Some elements of the Group do still, I think survive, through further amalgamations and disposals in the Doncasters castings group.
The advert takes the form of an old style signpost, usingt he 'ways' metaphor, and lists the 12 subsidiaries all of whom have local addresses.