The next one represents our one time excursion into heavy industry. A Rolling Mill medallion was presented by Henry Wiggin and Co. in 1971 to mark the Mayoralty of W.R.B.Griffin J.P. Henry Wiggin moved from Birmingham to Hereford in 1958 and for which we saw a massive expansion of house building at Newton Farm and Tupsley to accommodate it’s growing workforce, at its prime employing some 6,000 people. Later to be known as Special Metals and indeed pioneered powder metallurgy used extensively in the exploration of space, and space age industry.