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Iron Trade Wages Cut as December Demand Slumps in 1864
A December downturn in iron demand forces wage reductions for puddlers and millmen in Birmingham’s iron works. The Bank of England rate oscillations and weak markets depress prices. several local iron firms report failures tied to strikes and poor trade, with a Birmingham resolution to hold prices while trimming wages.
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Nock’s Hotel
Birmingham
George Baker
Bank of England
Scotland
Lord Dudley
Priestfield
Bennett
Ditto
Captain Bennett
Thomas Morris
Wolverhampton Furnace
Heyford
Fletcher, Solley, and Co
Colborne
Parkfield Forge
Mrs. Gibbon
Milfield
W. Edgeworth Gibbon
Deepfields
Cinder
Barrow
Workington
Cleator
Kirkless Hall
Canada
Chillington
William Barrows
Bloomfield Ironworks
William
Joseph Barrows
Philip Williams
Ironmasters’ Association
Samuel Mills
Carlston
S. H. Blackwell
Russell’s Hall
Lucas Silvester
Providence Works
Sponlane
John Hartland
Green Lanes
Toll End
Wright and Preston
Stonefield
Bilston
Wright
Preston
Silvester
Swan Hotel
Wolverhampton
W. O.oster
England
Foster
South Staffordshire
W. O. Foster
William Matthews
Hartley
George Barker
Walter Williams
Frederick Smith
W. M. Sparrow
John Hartley
James Bagnall