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jetprov
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As regards the name of the company, I mentioned this place to my boss, who has lived in the area far longer than me, who said they were known as “Castings”. For those that know the area it was (and may still be) on the left hand side of the B4155 (Lichfield Road) leading out of Brownhills, with the Anglesey Branch of the Wyrley & Essington Canal bordering it on the eastern side. I’ll have to make a point of going over there one day and checking if it has been built on since – although the current AtoZ lists the site as the Gatehouse Trading Estate

Mark The Company name was Super Alloys. Castings is the Factory alongside. They purchased the site late 70s early 80’s for expansion though it seems that did not go ahead. I went over there every sunday as a kid in the mid 60’s and foraged for hours amongst the vast piles of ex RAf/Army scrap.
For certain there where Meteor sections (small by this time) as well as Boxes of spares. The site was ringed by mobile searchlights. Toward the beginning of the thread on scrapyards are a couple of pics taken around 1962 of Javelin fuselages at the front of the offices, along with Meteor F8 fuselages. I seem to remember a large white rear fuselage under a lean to. If memory serves me well I used to sit in a Tempest or Typhoon cockpit playing at fighter pilots. I am sure that particular cockpit was removed and is now preserved.
Sadly nothing left of the site and all was cleaned out many years ago.
Would be nice to see if anyone else has pics form there though.