Service to recall Brierley Hill's Round Oak steelworks closure
A service to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the closure of Brierley Hill's Round Oak steelworks will take place in the town later this month.
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Former workers and residents are invited to pay homage to the plant, which shut in December 1982.
In its heyday, the firm employed more than 3,000 people.
The service will take place on January 23 at Brierley Hill Methodist Church in Bank Street at 7.30pm.
The plant was founded by Lord Ward, later the Earl of Dudley, in 1857, as an outlet for pig iron made in nearby blast furnaces.
It has since been replaced with offices and restaurants on the Waterfront complex.
