Hi All, For those who don't know, Langley Maltings on Western Road Oldbury were destroyed by a fire on 9th sept this year. The Maltings (which was a listed building) were almost 140 years old (built in the 1870's) and originally owned by Walter Showell as part of his Crosswells Brewery empire. This is a tremendous loss to our Black Country heritage. The Maltings themselves were closed in 2006 by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries after being previously owned by Ind Cooope (from 1957 to 2000). Hunt Brothers Griffin Foundry in Oldbury has also reached the end of the line, literally. The place is now gone! This "cathedral of BC industry" is no more. If anyone would like a pic of the last days of either, just give me a shout and I'll forward a photo (definitely for personal use only) to you. Dave 8-( Wednesbury England Listowner: The Black Country, Staffordshire, The Potteries, Ironbridge, Leek & Lowe, Wolverhampton etc.,

Dave Ogden wrote: > Hi All, > For those who don't know, Langley Maltings on Western Road Oldbury > were destroyed by a fire on 9th sept this year. The Maltings (which was a > listed building) were almost 140 years old (built in the 1870's) and > originally owned by Walter Showell as part of his Crosswells Brewery empire. > This is a tremendous loss to our Black Country heritage. The Maltings > themselves were closed in 2006 by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries after > being previously owned by Ind Cooope (from 1957 to 2000). > Hunt Brothers Griffin Foundry in Oldbury has also reached the end of the > line, literally. The place is now gone! This "cathedral of BC industry" is > no more. > If anyone would like a pic of the last days of either, just give me a shout > and I'll forward a photo (definitely for personal use only) to you. > > Dave 8-( > Wednesbury Folks, When I saw the 'brewery news' I came to life and thought to look up my page on Derek Pace who played football and after retirement did some brewery work: Jim Evan's words (local historian of Essington) After retiring from football Derek became a sales representative for Churchfield Springs Ltd of West Bromwich and died on the 17th October 1989. .... Jim Evans - Essington - August 2000 Jim has gone too now, he was a great help to family researchers with BC Heritage and sent me much useful stuff, remembering my family that's still in the area. If anyone remembers my 2nd cousin DEREK PACE and would like to see Jim's info on his career and appropriate images, click on: http://www.pacefamilyhistory.info/derek.htm I wonder if it'd be appropriate to ask if a label, an ad, may still be available for Derek's page? Gord Pace in Ontario where almost prohibition tactics, gov't edicts, are at work, slowly erasing the public house scene