history – British Manufacturing History

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Leaders in manufacturing

Alastair Pilkington – Pilkington and float glass

October 19, 2026 — 0 Comments

Leaders in manufacturing

The Weston Family – Associated British Food

October 12, 2026 — 0 Comments

Leaders in manufacturing

Jaguar and Land Rover – an unlikely pairing?

October 5, 2026 — 1 Comment

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Winners and losers since 1951 – Rolls-Royce and Bentley

September 27, 2026 — 0 Comments

National Manufacturing Day

September 24, 2026 — 0 Comments

Leaders in manufacturing

Sir Arnold Hall – Hawker Siddeley

September 21, 2026 — 0 Comments

Snippets of interest

Financiers, some who sailed near and over the line

September 14, 2026 — 0 Comments

Manufacturing places

The Thames shipbuilders

September 8, 2026 — 2 Comments

Leaders in manufacturing

Allen, John and Michael Clark – Plessey

August 31, 2026 — 1 Comment

Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Keys to British manufacturing success at SPARK Lincoln

August 27, 2026 — 0 Comments

Building in wood

By the time of the Domesday Book, only about fifteen percent of England was wooded, with oak being the most common tree. Oak was a popular building material being strong and easy to work when green and incredibly hard once the sap had gone. Houses were built with green oak which would then shrink, locking […]

Roman Building

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 […]