Steel Wireworks, Nr Fighting Cocks Hotel/Pub in Darlington

[debbplum]

Hi All,
I'm interested in some background info on the above and also seeing if there were books kept of employees and where kept. I had a great/great uncle work there and died therethough not work related. I live down south so unable to access local records for that area. Thank you
Debbie

[dickobrien]

Hi I wonder if you ever got a reply to this as I am also researching that factory

Dick O'Brien

[debbplum]

Hi Dick,
sorry no I didnt. Who are you looking for that worked there? mine were the Davidson's

Debbie

[Geordie Mag]

If you don't get any info. on the Wireworks, you could try getting in touch with the staff at Darlington Local Studies Library. They are very helpful and might know where the appropriate records are.
Contact details: phone 01325 349630
  or email: local.studies@darlington.gov.uk

[dickobrien]

Many thanks for that

Dick

[traderkadis]

do you mean the darlington wire mills on albert hill?

[traderkadis]

if so I worked there as an apprentice in the 1950,s
I can remember some names , most pewpole working there lived on Albert Hill
Kelly,s directory could help The area contained a very large Roman Catholic population