Lydbrook Tin Plate Works History (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, September 01, 2012, 15:44 (4257 days ago) @ Judith Webb

I have included some references to the history of the Lydbrook TinPlate works in this newer thread which I hope are of interest.

http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=38178

Also please see this detailed history of the works c/o the Glostershire Society for Industrial Archaeology http://www.gsia.org.uk/reprints/2004/gi200419.pdf

1912 workers photo http://www.forest-of-dean.net/gallery/lydbrook/pages/page_56.html
1919 workers photo http://www.forest-of-dean.net/gallery/lydbrook/pages/page_3.html

For Richard Thomas, the works owner from 1871, see
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet-t&id=I10

And this timeline http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Richard_Thomas_and_Co

and despite the website address this is a general history of Lydbrook village.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worrall_Hill