{"id":1169,"date":"2013-02-17T07:24:23","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T21:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=1169"},"modified":"2020-02-05T07:57:01","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T21:57:01","slug":"moorfield-works","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=1169","title":{"rendered":"Moorfield Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1162\" alt=\"Sunbeam Moorfield Works\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3121.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3121.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3121-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3121-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was the original Sunbeam factory in Wolverhampton, where Sunbeams were made from 1899 to 1935.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">The plant is located on Upper Villiers Street, between Moorfield and Marston Roads, Wolverhampton.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com.au\/maps?q=52.571844,-2.131101&amp;num=1&amp;t=h&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=14&amp;output=embed\" height=\"350\" width=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<small><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-align: left;\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com.au\/maps?q=52.571844,-2.131101&amp;num=1&amp;t=h&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;z=14&amp;source=embed\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">These photos were taken while walking north along Upper Villiers Street towards the Wolverhampton city centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photographed on 28 April 1998.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">The building pictured here appears to have been the administration building:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3125.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1166\" alt=\"Sunbeam Moorfield Works\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3125.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3125.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3125-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3125-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1165\" alt=\"Sunbeam Moorfield Works\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3124.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3124.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3124-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3124-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3123.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1164\" alt=\"Sunbeam Moorfield Works\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3123.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3123.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3123-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3123-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1163\" alt=\"Sunbeam Moorfield Works\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3122.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3122.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3122-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3122-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1167\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3126.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1167\" alt=\"Turning back to look south down Upper Villiers Street.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3126.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3126.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3126-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3126-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turning back to look south down Upper Villiers Street.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1168\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1168\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3127.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1168\" alt=\"The corner of Upper Villiers and Sunbeam Streets. This building housed a paint shop.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3127.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3127.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3127-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3127-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corner of Upper Villiers and Sunbeam Streets. This building housed a paint shop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1161\" alt=\"Sunbeam Moorfield Works\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3120.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3120.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3120-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3120-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1160\" alt=\"Sunbeam Moorfield Works\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3119.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3119.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3119-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3119-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1159\" alt=\"Sunbeam Moorfield Works\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3118.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3118.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3118-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3118-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1158\" alt=\"Sunbeam Moorfield Works\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3117.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3117.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3117-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/album3117-624x417.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; This was the original Sunbeam factory in Wolverhampton, where Sunbeams were made from 1899 to 1935. The plant is located on Upper Villiers Street, between Moorfield and Marston Roads, Wolverhampton. View Larger Map These photos were taken while walking north along Upper Villiers Street towards the Wolverhampton city centre. Photographed on 28 April 1998. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/?page_id=1169\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Moorfield Works<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1086,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1169","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6ptz4-iR","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1169"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1169\/revisions\/2370"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunbeam.org.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}