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A group of chainmakers and strikers at Reece's Chainworks in Colley Lane, Cradley, in about 1937. Back row (left to right): Alec Davies, Richard Reece, Joe Cox, Neri Cox, Sam Bate (the subject of this article), Arthur Ward, Edward Coley, Alf Slater, Fred Bate, David Harris, Glen Reece (the proprietor); middle row: John Bate, William Fowkes, Clifford Willetts (later Mayor of Halesowen and now Alderman Willetts, C.C.), George Bradbury, Frank Pearson, Jim Clark, William Worton; front row: David Deeley (warehouseman), Harry Willetts, Vic Woodhouse or Fred Unitt, Sam Bate (no relation to his namesake), and Sam Willetts. The chain in the foreground is either 1 3/4in. or 1 7/8in.