EPW050435 ENGLAND (1936). Joseph Sankey & Sons Ltd Albert Street Iron Works and environs, Bilston, 1936

Joseph Sankey and Sons Ltd, Bilston



Joseph Sankey was born in 1826 and became a workman in a blankshop in Bilston making and japanning tea trays.



Sankey and two other workmen, Hartill and Jackson, set up on their own account in Dudley Street, Bilston, products increased to include frying pans, bake pans, shovels, kettles, etc



1867 - Sankey acquired land in Albert Street, Bilston. Large workshops were built at the Albert Street Works and steam-powered drop stamps were installed, enabling the firm to produce heavier gauges of metal to make frying pans and kettles.



1893 - Albert Street works expanded;

1900 - purchase of the Bankfield works

1902 - company became a limited company



1929- the company was taken over by, and became a subsidiary of, John Lysaght Ltd., which was shortly afterwards acquired by G. K. N.. But Sankeys maintained its original name and also in 1929 the company acquired the Bath Street Works in Bilston.





Sankeys no longer exist in Bilston.



The GKN business records were deposited at Shropshire Records Research in 1985. Shropshire's connection with the Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds Group (GKN) is with Joseph Sankey & Sons Ltd who joined the group in 1920.



This area has changed considerably since this image, it is almost impossible to find common points of reference!