Baldwin And Sons Ltd, Morville Street, Ladywood

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Date:1911 - 2001 (c.)

Description:This article is from the "Brew 'Us" Bugle concerning the plans for the former Works on Morville Street.

"A piece of Ladywood's history is disappearing from the skyline. The demolition men have moved in to "convert" Sherborne Mill, the home of Baldwin's Paperworks since 1829. Upmarket houses are to be built on the Morville Street site and the development will extend along Browning Street on to the canal. The founder of thw works was James Baldwin who became Mayor of Birmingham in 1853-54. An 1888 industrial survey stated: "Messrs James Baldwin and Sons in one of the oldest and largest in the neighbourhood. A very large staff of skilled operatives is engaged. The firm is so well known that it has achieved a high position and an ever-spreading popularity. A speciality of manufacture is square-bottomed paper bags and gun wadding". A larger paper mill was later erected in Kings Norton and the Ladywood Works became their depot and printing plant. Does anyone know anybody who worked there or have any stories about it"?

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Morville Street Ladywood Industrial Buildings Browning Street Bartlam, Norman 1901 - 2000 (20th Century)

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Creators: Mr Norman Bartlam - Creator

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Donor ref:Norman Bartlam (65/7588)

Source: Mr Norman Bartlam , Mr Roy Edwards , Mr Alex Henderson , Ms Val Blake , Mr Ray Usher

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