Talk:Smethwick
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[edit] Soho works/ foundry/ manufactury
We need to set this out better to help the confused reader. I think that the article may be wrong in that it is the Soho works, not foundry, that is now Avery's. This link has some info [1] Cutler 22:31, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Local Government
I believe that certainly in the early sixties, Smethwick was part of Birmingham, being known as "Birmingham 40". At this time it would have been in neither Staffordshire or Warley. Perhaps this was for postal reasons rather than local government ? Cabinscooter 08:00, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- Smethwick has never been part of Birmingham. Prior to 1966 it was a County Borough within Staffordshire, between 1966 and 1974 it was within Warley County Borough, again part of the geographical county of Staffordshire. Since 1974 it has been part of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough. It does have a "B" postcode and 0121 telephone numbers though. Fingerpuppet 20:23, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
- Note: The previous discussion entry was changed by 82.47.180.251 on 3 July 2008 to read "Smethwick has always been a part of Birmingham. Prior to 1966 it was a County Borough within Birmingham. It does have a "B" postcode and 0121 telephone numbers though." Reverted. Essin (talk) 22:42, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
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- Smethwick was never part of Birmingham. For a start Smethwick was in the county of Staffordshire and Birmingham is Worcestershire. Just because the Royal Mail chose the route the post through the Birmingham sorting office and British Telecom gave it the Birmingham dialling code does not make the local council part of Birmingham. MidlandLinda (talk) 23:09, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
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- Apparently somebody on the IP address 82.47.180.251 has been vandalising the article repeatedly for a long time to move Smethwick from Sandwell to Birmingham, even changing the talk-page contributions of other editors. Editors should be vigilant. //Essin (talk) 22:42, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
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[edit] Previous industries.
How about adding that there were brass works (an off shoot of the Birmingham works) that gave their name to Brasshouse Lane. It was called Halford's Lane before that. They were established about 1780 and continued into the 19thC. The site was taken over by Beasleys and Farmer as the District, Steel, Iron and Gun Barrel Works in 1851. Though gun barrels had been made in Smethwick on an unknown site from the 18thC.
"Smethwick, from Hamlet to County Borough, A brief history" K W Inskip, 1966 MidlandLinda (talk) 23:04, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
