Eilir,Thanks so much. This is enormously helpful.David T.

Hello DavidHave you seen this website, the Kidwelly Industrial Museum, which has a description of processes, including cold rolls: http://www.kidwellyindustrialmuseum.co.uk/tinplate.asp The development of Kidwelly and Llanelli's tin works went hand in hand, so the process would have been pretty similar. I think this museum is very much a project in development.Just a few miles down the road you have the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, Wales' national museum of industry, which has a tinplate rolling mill: http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/swansea/transport-materials-and-networks/ These museums (or even the West Glamorgan or Carmarthenshire Archives Service) may be able to recommend some relevant books. They may have some hand-outs/leaflets for sale etc.If you go to the National Library's Gathering the Jewels website ( http://www.gtj.org.uk/ ) and make a search 'tinplate, tinworks, llanelli' or something similar, you should get a plethora of images of tinworks in the Llanelli area which will help give you a flavour of what it was like there. Sometimes this website has scanned images of diaries/log books which could include some of the information you're after.Hope this helps.Eilir

Hi Jon,Thanks very much. Oddly, I never even thought of checking Wikipedia. With this and a few other sources, I am building up a fair picture of what the job entailed. Again, thanks.

Hi David,There is a pretty good wiki article on Rolling (metalworking) with a whole paragraph on 'cold rolling' - it may help shed some light for you.Link: Rolling (metalworking)

Hi Ceri. Thanks. Much appreciated. I'll keep my fingers crossed.

Hi David...I twittered your post with a request for more info. Hopefully someone will respond:)

I am writing a short piece on my grandfather who, in the 1891 census, is listed as 15 and as working as a "cold roller" in I believe "the tin works" in Llanelli. Any of you know what a "cold roller" did, what the job entailed? I have found references to the term "cold roller" but no description of the job. Any other information, e.g., wage rates, working conditions, etc. would also be much appreciated.

Thanks David T.

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