Hyders Wrought Iron Works Plaxtol

A nostalgic look by Dave Sutton at a wrought iron work company that used traditional methods of manufacturing and that was highly successful in the 1960's

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A few samples of the drawings that we used to do in Pen and ink.

the old forge ironworkers
wrought iron gates

The original Hyders Logo that was updated in the 60's

Very ornate wrought iron gates

wellhead
bell
Well head - Can you imagine the time taken to hand draw
such an illustration

This is a photo, we used to have hundreds of etched copper
plates mounted on wooden blocks with photos like this