Rubery Owen Memorial Darlaston

[SOMMESOLDIER]

Hi There,

There was once a War Memorial at Rubery Owen in Darlaston, West Midlands. It was a General Engineering Works. It has long since been raised to the ground.

Does anyone know what happened to the Memorial ?

Cheers

Tim

[Roy Evans]

Tim,

Rubery Owen do still have a presence in the area,

Rotech Laboratories

Moxley Industrial Centre

Western Way

Wednesbury

West Midlands

WS10 7BG

Tel: +44 (0)121 505 4050, Fax: +44 (0)121 505 1115, e-mail: info@rotechlabs.co.uk,

I suggest you contact them for starters (or have you already done so?

Roy

[SOMMESOLDIER]

Hi Roy,

Very many thanks for the information. I had no idea that they were still around. I will contact them a.s.a.p. and I'll let you know what they say !!

Cheers

Tim.

[Roy Evans]

Tim,

I have some more info which may be of use. The Rubery Owen building in Booth Street, Darlaston was sold to the Walsall Housing Regeneration Association for them to create the Rubery Owen Enterprise Centre. This was intended to offer workspace units for rent, facilities for meetings, seminares, etc. This implies that the building may still exist. Try Accord Housing on 0121 500 2340.

Another contact is Rubery Owen Holdings (in Booth Street) 0121 526 3131

Good Luck

Roy

[SOMMESOLDIER]

Hi Roy,

Very many thanks for the extra information.

I contacted that number you gave me for Rotech today and spoke to the manager there. He was very nice and said what you have just told me about the building being occupied by Walsall housing and that he saw a couple of plaques last time he was there, which was a few months ago. He said that Rubery Owen still had a presence there and he would make some enquiries and phone me back.

I'll keep you posted.

Cheers

Tim.