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LINKS: Trades and Occupations
« on: Sunday 16 January 11 10:05 GMT (UK) »
The resources here have all been compiled from topics submitted by RootsChatters - many thanks to everyone who has contributed.

Brewing
Burton Bridge Brewery
Staffordshire Breweries

Coal Mining
Cradley area
Diglake Colliery Disaster
Minnie Pit Disaster
North Staffordshire
North Staffordshire Coal Mining History
North Staffordshire after 1947
Racecourse Colliery (Black Country Museum)
South Staffordshire
Stour Valley Collieries
Staffordshire Colliery Deaths - An ongoing project to document those who lost their lives in Staffordshire coal mines.

Iron and Steel
Iron and Steel Manufacturing in Wolverhampton
Shelton Steel Works 1841-2000
Wolverhampton Industries: gas and water tubes, steel tools and toys, etc
Iron and Steel Manufacturing in Wednesbury

Manufacturing
Chain Making in Cradley
Darlaston industries: nails, clocks, iron and steel
Glass Makers of Wordsley and surrounding areas
Nail Making
Walsall leather industry
Willenhall Lock and Key Makers, 1835
Shoe Making in Stafford
Industries along the Birmingham Canals Navigations
Clockmakers in the Burton area

Photographers
Staffordshire Photographers Index, 1861-1940

Police
Staffordshire Police Force Registers, 1842-1920
History of the Staffordshire Police Force

Pottery
Staffordshire Pottery
Pottery and potters of Stoke-on-Trent
A-Z of Stoke-on-Trent Potters

Publicans
Staffordshire Publicans, 1860
Willenhall Publicans, 1835

Trade Directories
Historical Directories: Staffordshire
Brewood 1834
Keele 1851
Rushton Directories
Stafford 1791
Stapenhill Directories
Willenhall Directories


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ANT: Nesbit, Potts; CHS: Gosling (Hazel Grove/Lymm), Hinton (Lymm), Johnson (Hazel Grove), Marsland (Hazel Grove), Massey (Daresbury), Sorton (Warmingham); LAN: Jackson, James, Potts (Manchester/Salford); MAY: Caulfield, Griffin (Leveelick); SAL: Goodwin, Johnson (Bridgnorth), Gregory (Wellington); STS: Goodwin, Gregory, Johnson (Wolverhampton); Hallett (Trysull); SOM: Dowding, James, Jones (Bath)

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