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Engineering
Trade advert from 1930s
G.W.B.
Dibdale Works, Lower Gornal.
Formed in 1931 as G.W.B. Furnaces, this is another engineering company from Dibdale Lane that grew from small beginnings
into an international company.
The company produced electric furnaces and as G.W.B. Boilers at the same works, industrial boilers and associated equipment.
GWB's large modern office complex off Jews Lane was taken over by 'Computeach' and renamed 'University House' after the GWB works relocated.
Computeach International was a remote IT learning/training organisaion which moved their operations to Jews Lane in 1990, the company
wound-up in 2015.
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