George Dyke's Dropforging
The Explore.
The last location marking the end of a cracking weekends 'splorathon. Touching on 40 plus hours
awake not including an uncomfortable car mini-kip somewhere in the black country the night/mornin before,
everything's a blur. Seven targets planned, one secca bust, one fail, and five successes. For me, sums up what
this shit is all about, meeting like-minded people and etching memories as you do it.
P.s. Avoid those "chewable toothbrushes" from the machines in the bogs of services... Jaysusss H.
Some Historical Information
The late Mr.George Dyke was born in Birmingham in 1826 and later moved to live in Willenhall
where he worked as a bolt maker. George Dykes has been a forging work since about 1840's. The original site
in Willenhall at Doctors Piece (not Doctors "Peace" which my sat-nav laughed at) was once a piece/peace of land
belonging to Doctor Richard Wilkes, which eventually passed into the ownership of the Chapel of Ease estate.
During the cholera epidemic in 1849, the land at the side of the forge was hastily turned into a burial
ground and some 211 victims are believed to buried there.
George Dyke has produced metal forgings for nearly 200 years and during this time it has been able
to establish itself as a major name working at the forefront of the metal forgings industry. It still
continues business at another site in Darlaston producing high quality hot metal pressings, cold
pressings and finishing processes. Good on ye!
Images
If this explore was the first one on a nice fresh day after a good nights sleep I would probably have
taken a better range and quality of pictures, but this is what I got
Forgot to take externals too
1.Office area first
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4.The "Shop Floor"
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As always, thanks for having a look and feedback always appreciated
The Explore.
The last location marking the end of a cracking weekends 'splorathon. Touching on 40 plus hours
awake not including an uncomfortable car mini-kip somewhere in the black country the night/mornin before,
everything's a blur. Seven targets planned, one secca bust, one fail, and five successes. For me, sums up what
this shit is all about, meeting like-minded people and etching memories as you do it.
P.s. Avoid those "chewable toothbrushes" from the machines in the bogs of services... Jaysusss H.
Some Historical Information
The late Mr.George Dyke was born in Birmingham in 1826 and later moved to live in Willenhall
where he worked as a bolt maker. George Dykes has been a forging work since about 1840's. The original site
in Willenhall at Doctors Piece (not Doctors "Peace" which my sat-nav laughed at) was once a piece/peace of land
belonging to Doctor Richard Wilkes, which eventually passed into the ownership of the Chapel of Ease estate.
During the cholera epidemic in 1849, the land at the side of the forge was hastily turned into a burial
ground and some 211 victims are believed to buried there.
George Dyke has produced metal forgings for nearly 200 years and during this time it has been able
to establish itself as a major name working at the forefront of the metal forgings industry. It still
continues business at another site in Darlaston producing high quality hot metal pressings, cold
pressings and finishing processes. Good on ye!
Images
If this explore was the first one on a nice fresh day after a good nights sleep I would probably have
taken a better range and quality of pictures, but this is what I got
Forgot to take externals too1.Office area first
2.
3.
4.The "Shop Floor"
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
As always, thanks for having a look and feedback always appreciated
