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Description: | The son of a pressman, Lane was born at 21 Johnson Street and was educated at Snow Hill, Wolverhampton. When he left school he became a toolmaker's assistant, and at the age of sixteen joined the Toolmakers Union that later amalgamated with the AEU. His first job was with WG Birkenshaw, of Derry Street, and later he worked for GR Smithson, as a capston tool setter. He was also employed for ten years with John Burn Dunbell, where he supervised apprentices. In 1930 he was elected to Wolverhampton Council as a Labour member. Like many others Lane experienced unemployment between the years 1930 and 1938. During this time he received support from his family and in turn offered support to other unemployed men. Eventually, he found employment with Henry Meadows and in 1940 joined the staff of Fischer Bearings as a clerk in the material control section. He became the firm's head buyer in 1946. In 1947 he was elected mayor for two years. He became the chairman of Wolverhampton's Housing Committee and spent much of his time working to clear the town's slum areas.
Lane was deputy mayor in 1974 and served as mayor again in 1980 - 1981. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Archives | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Archives | Subjects: | Housing | Temporal: | 1930 - 1981 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Lane; Herbert Edwin | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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