Food – British Manufacturing History

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Leaders in manufacturing

The Weston Family – Associated British Food

October 12, 2026 — 0 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

South London manufacturing in the 19th and 20th centuries

December 3, 2025 — 1 Comment

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Burton on Trent manufacturing history

October 2, 2025 — 1 Comment

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Plymouth manufacturing history

August 1, 2025 — 0 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Wellingborough manufacturing history

June 11, 2025 — 0 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield manufacturing history

March 14, 2025 — 0 Comments

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Wigan manufacturing history

October 4, 2024 — 0 Comments

Snippets of interest

Roman architecture stands out because of the variety of materials used and structures built, but most of all because modern building from the Renaissance onward looked to Rome for both theoretical and practical ideas. There are two places to look for this inheritance: the writings of Vitruvius and the remains of Pompey. I am accompanied […]

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 […]

British Manufacturing History

How manufacturing shaped Britain. Why manufacturing spread across the country, how it grew, why it declined and what was left.

Tag: Food

The Weston Family – Associated British Food

South London manufacturing in the 19th and 20th centuries

Burton on Trent manufacturing history

Plymouth manufacturing history

Wellingborough manufacturing history

Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield manufacturing history

Wigan manufacturing history

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