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Londonderry is a residential area of Oldbury and Smethwick, on the B4182 road, in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough, in the English county of West Midlands.Londonderry (commonly referred to as Queen's Head due to the pub of the same name) features a small commercial area, with a post office, [1] the former Queen's Head public house, and a number of small shops and takeaway restaurants.
Avery Weigh-Tronix is a subsidiary of Illinois Tool Works specialising in industrial weighing machines. Its headquarters stands on the site of the Soho Foundry in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. The company additionally has a United States–based manufacturing and retail manufacturing plant. The company is one of the largest suppliers of ...
Cape Hill is an area of Smethwick, in the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England, 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (4.4 km) west of Birmingham City Centre. The area includes Waterloo Road near Shireland Collegiate Academy and the High Street near Victoria Park; it borders Birmingham at the A457 Dudley Road. Cape Hill is Smethwick's busiest ...
Victoria Park, Smethwick, is the main formal garden for the town of Smethwick and has a Green Flag award. In 2010 the park was the subject of considerable investment and regeneration including a new bandstand. A flagship Adidas outdoor gym kit along with additional gym stations has also been installed. The park occupies 14 ha.
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Smethwick received bad publicity when, the day after the announcement of his appointment, racist slogans and swastikas were daubed around the school. However, O'Connor was well liked by both parents and children; he eventually retired in 1983. [11] In the mid- to late 1960s, a large council estate in the west of Smethwick was built.
Oldbury is a market town in the metropolitan borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England.It is the administrative centre of the borough. At the 2011 census, the town had a population of 13,606, [2] while the 2017 population of the wider built-up area was estimated at 25,488. [3]
Soho Foundry main gate Blue plaque at the main gate Listed canal roving bridge at entrance to Soho Foundry Loop canal (now dry). Soho Foundry is a factory created in 1795 by Matthew Boulton and James Watt and their sons Matthew Robinson Boulton and James Watt Jr. [1] at Smethwick, West Midlands, England (grid reference), for the manufacture of steam engines.