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Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Burton on Trent manufacturing history

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Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Ripley manufacturing history

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Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

St Austell manufacturing history

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Taunton manufacturing history

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Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Bristol manufacturing history

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Crawley manufacturing history

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Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Maidstone manufacturing history

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Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Dartford and Thameside manufacturing history

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Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Erith manufacturing history

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Whatever Happened to British Manufacturing

Banbury manufacturing history

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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 […]