British – British Manufacturing History

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Leaders in manufacturing

The Weston Family – Associated British Food

October 12, 2026 — 0 Comments

Snippets of interest

Financiers, some who sailed near and over the line

September 14, 2026 — 0 Comments

New Book – How Manufacturing Shaped Britain

September 2, 2026 — 3 Comments

Leaders in manufacturing

John and Charlotte Guest – GKN

June 29, 2026 — 0 Comments

Leaders in manufacturing

William Armstrong – hydraulics engineer and armament manufacturer

June 8, 2026 — 1 Comment

Leaders in manufacturing

History of Education for manufacturing

May 13, 2026 — 1 Comment

Leaders in manufacturing

Abraham Darby – iron master

April 20, 2026 — 1 Comment

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Inner London manufacturing history

November 19, 2025 — 2 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Rugby manufacturing history

September 19, 2025 — 0 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Ware and Hertford manufacturing history

April 2, 2025 — 0 Comments

A Story of the Building of Pre-Elizabethan England

I will explore building from the key raw materials of wood, stone and broch in forthcoming post. For now I am looking at early England. If you follow this link you will be able to see my plan of exploration. In the England of pre-history, so in the bronze and iron ages, settlements and hill […]

Who Built Britain?

Building is in my blood; my mother’s family ran a Midlands building company for ninety-nine years having previously been itinerant craftsmen. I remember with huge affection childhood visits to the ‘yard’. My last employment before I retired was as Chief Executive of Lincoln Cathedral where I learnt something of stone masons and the way medieval […]

How Manufacturing Shaped Britain

My explorations are moving toward the built environment. This book sets out to discover how manufacturing shaped this island. Why manufacturing spread across the country, how it grew, why it declined and what was left. It is looking at manufacturing through the lens of geography. Manufacturing transformed the places where it took place. Villages became […]

The American relationship

America has been there in the background all my life. My father was a fan; I had an American godmother. Both these stemmed from the Second World War and my father’s role in army supply, where American industry played such a large part. I went on from there to explore army supply in the First […]

Youth Unemployment

Alan Milburn has published the first part of his report on Youth Unemployment The Guardian ends its leader on target when it says say ‘there needs to be work’. What is the point in training for jobs that don’t exist? I have spent the last five years exploring the story of British manufacturing witnessing from […]