1880 VERY RARE ORIGINAL VICTORIAN poster OF SHROPSHIRE IRON INDUSTRY INTEREST South Staffordshire Mill & Forge Wages Board A MASS MEETING OF THE IRONWORKERS OF SHROPSHIRE Will be Held on Monday August 30th (1880 ) At Eleven O’clock in the Forenoon AT THE TOWN HALL OAKENGATES For the Purpose of supporting the Wages Board by which the Ironworkers’ Wages in this District are regulated, The Treasurer and the Operative’s Secretary will attend to make explanations, All Ironworkers are invited to attend in promotion of their own interests, By Order of the Shropshire District Committee, August 21st, 1880 Poster printed by John Steen & Co, Old Grammar School Printing Works, St. John Street, Wolverhampton Published in 1880, this is a very rare surviving poster measuring 20 inches by 30 inches approx. advertising a meeting for the local Ironworkers at the Oakengates Town Hall about the workers wages. A nice local interest item relating to the area including Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale, the heart of the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.