Report - Noirit non ferrous founders, Walsall

[dweeb]

Well what can I say, if this was being posted up a month ago it may have been on a par with Parker or Jabez Cliff, sadly I was too late. Years of waiting and I took my eye off the ball at the wrong moment. As it happens I'll have to show you what I did get to see...

Funny place this, they cast all manner of things in brass and bronze. There were some very interesting anchor patterns lying about. They also made shooting sticks which tied it into the Walsall leather trade.

Under demo with a row of Georgian houses which had been put to use as leather works (another for that book I must write one day!) and a public house.

There are some extremely old industrial buildings on this site, a pity a few could not be put to another use, but that's Walsall through and through...

The pub, quite a snug twee affair in it's day I'm sure

 

[Mwright]

I've been looking into the history of E&A Noirit with reference to an antique golf club I have from the hickory era. I only had their name and Walsall with a stamp mark B&T. I was trying to find the connection. To cut a long story short I've been going back and forth in discussion with John Griffiths who has been invaluable with references from Walsalls Red Book business directories archives. One reference was for Broadhurst & Co. a metal foundry incorporated into the Noirit business in the early 1930's. It turns out they were Broadhurst and Thompson - the B&T on the head of the club. Problem solved - and a whole load of photos into the bargain. The Tirion (Noirit backwards) company still make shooting sticks today. (John Griffiths http://walsall.life)