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Title: tin plate works
Post by: marhat on Wednesday 21 March 07 13:19 GMT (UK)

i have a few of our relatives where the occupation is tin plate workers in south wales is there any way of finding what the job intailed or to see which tin workes they were in

Title: Re: tin plate works
Post by: Arranroots on Wednesday 21 March 07 13:49 GMT (UK)

Hi Marhat

It would be possible to look at local directories to see what tin works were in an area - do you know which town/ village and what years?

www.historicaldirectories.org

kind regards, Arranroots  ;)

Title: Re: tin plate works
Post by: bernard_lewis on Thursday 22 March 07 09:55 GMT (UK)

Swansea was a centre of the tinplate industry and there were a number of works in the area. A book that (I think) covers the works is 'Copperopolis' - (re?)published recently and its a bulky paperback that covers a lot of works in detail. Obviously focused on copper but I think it covers tin, too. I think it describes some of the processes but looks especially at the buildings etc.

Its about £15 and if that is your area of interest it looks well worth it. Its much bigger (height/width) than a 'typical' paperback.

Bernard

Title: Re: tin plate works
Post by: marhat on Thursday 22 March 07 12:54 GMT (UK)

thanks for the info

Title: Re: tin plate works
Post by: cardiff on Friday 23 March 07 17:49 GMT (UK)

Hi
where in South wales where they working/living
let us know you might be able to narrow it down
cheers cardiff

Title: Re: tin plate works
Post by: Wendi on Friday 23 March 07 18:00 GMT (UK)

Yer Marhat

Quote from: Arranroots on Wednesday 21 March 07 13:49 GMT (UK)

do you know which town/ village and what years?

We all want to know!  There are alot of really good local books out there but we want to know the place and time your interested in........I noticed from your previous posts at some point part of your family were in Caerleon.

Wendi  :)

Title: Re: tin plate works
Post by: marhat on Friday 23 March 07 18:19 GMT (UK)

i have a census for 1891 john and hannah hathaway are living in Caerleon, high street (no number) john and his son aged 19 the occupation for both is tinman and washman at tin works but i dont know where

Title: Re: tin plate works
Post by: Avoca on Sunday 25 March 07 11:03 BST (UK)

Probably this is the  the Caeleon Forge. Well documented and on line - google :Caerleon Net. Dates back to about 1790.

Title: Re: tin plate works
Post by: Wendi on Sunday 25 March 07 11:37 BST (UK)

According to the census they lived right between No.14 High Street and The Priory (which is now a hotel & restaurant).

As Avoca says it would have been Caerleon Tim Works.

Primrose Hockey wrote "Caerleon Past and Present" in which she says "by 1756 the Works were at full power"

There is a description of tin production and mention of what a tinman & washman did on this website, in the paragraph starting "Within the tinhouse....."

http://www.kidwellyhistory.co.uk/Industry/TinWorks.htm

Wendi  :)

Title: Re: tin plate works
Post by: marhat on Sunday 25 March 07 14:19 BST (UK)

thanks for the info it is interesting ro read what the job was like not an easy job either

Title: Re: tin plate works
Post by: Romilly on Wednesday 28 March 07 16:25 BST (UK)

Hi Marhat,

Lots of my REES relatives worked in the Tin Plate & Copper Industries in Swansea in the 18th/19th Centuries, and I found this Link quite useful:

http://home.clara.net/tirbach/HelpPagepearlsSwansea.html

(Apologies if someone has already posted it).

Romilly.